Mar 29, 2012: Cops rescue girl 'sold by parents'

TNN | Mar 29, 2012, 01.47AM IST

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police's detective department rescued a 17-year-old girl from Sonagachhi on Wednesday.

The girl, who had allegedly been forced by her parents to join the flesh trade, somehow managed to contact an NGO working in the area. The NGO officials informed police who arrested the girl's parents and are looking for two other women.

Police said the girl hails from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and was brought up by her grandparents. A Class VII dropout, the girl did not suspect anything amiss when her parents, Nabab Singh and Bina Singh, brought her to Kolkata, promising to send her to school. Police said that's how she landed up in the city around six months ago.

But she was in for a rude shock when her parents allegedly sold her to a pimp at Sonagachhi. She was confined in a house owned by two women, Geeta Devi and Rajeswari Devi. She was allegedly tortured when she did not agree to join the flesh trade. Police believe some members of her family are involved in the trade.

A week ago, the girl somehow managed to collect the phone number of an NGO dealing with such distressed girls. "She got the number from one of her clients," said an investigator. The NGO soon found her out and informed police. Officers of Immoral Trafficking section of Kolkata Police raided the house on Tuesday night and the girl was rescued.

After recording her statement, police rounded up her parents. But shortly before the raid, the two women who bought the girl and confined her in the house managed to escape. "The girl is still traumatized. She will be sent to a government home," said an officer.
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Mar 29, 2012: Man throttles wife to death at Guruwar Peth residence

TNN | Mar 29, 2012, 03.06AM IST

PUNE: The Khadak police on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old man for killing his wife on Wednesday morning.

The man, Vikram alias Vicki Malhari Rasale, a resident of Excel Apartments in Guruwar Peth, allegedly throttled his wife Swati alias Rani (27) to death. The police also found several bite marks on Swati's body.

Assistant commissioner of police Ranjit Dhure told TOI, "We suspect Vikram may have hit Swati's head against the wall. A portion of the bed under her head was soaked in blood. There were blood marks on the wall of the bedroom too." He added that the police were waiting for the post mortem report.

Vikram works as a milk supplier. His father is a retired police officer and his brother a police naik with the Pune police.

Vikram, his wife, their five-month-old daughter and parents lived together in the flat. Vikram and Swati had been married in 2010. In October 2011, they had twins but the baby boy died from an ailment. "His family told the police that since then, Vikram had been disturbed. However, he had never been violent," Dhure said.

For the last week or so, Vikram had been convinced that someone had done black magic on him and was trying to kill him. He would not leave the house on his own. Dhure said that on Tuesday night Vikram told his brother Sanjay not to leave him as someone would kill him. Seeing Vikram's condition, his parents called their son-in-law Hanmant Shinde to talk with him. Sanjay Rasale left the house after Shinde arrived. "Vikram then took Shinde and Swati into the bedroom of the flat and locked it from inside," Dhure said.

Dhure said that they stayed awake all night as Vikram was still afraid that he would be killed. "Around 7 am on Wednesday, Shinde managed to get out of the bedroom as he had to go to work. Vikram however, did not come out and did not allow Swati to come out either," Dhure said.

Vikram's parents tried to talk to the couple but with only Vikrant answering, they called up Sanjay as well as Swati's parents. "All of them tried to convince Vikram to come out of the room but he did not open the door," said senior police inspector Rajendra Kadam of the Khadak police station.

Kadam said that the family members then informed the police. A police team reached the flat and broke open the door. "When we entered the room, we found Swati unconscious and Vikram sitting near her," Kadam said.

A doctor was called and he declared Swati dead. "There were bites on her body. Vikram had bitten her on her left hand, her left ear, on her chin and on the stomach," Kadam said.

Vikram was arrested under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder. "Vikram told us that he had throttled his wife. We are investigating further," Kadam added.
Link: Man throttles wife to death at Guruwar Peth residence

Mar 29, 2012: Robbers kill farmer, rape his wife

Falguni Banerjee, TNN | Mar 29, 2012, 01.45AM IST

POLBA (HOOGHLY): Less than 24 hours of a woman being raped by robbers in South 24-Parganas' Canning, a gang of four murdered a wealthy farmer in Hooghly's Polba around midnight on Tuesday, raped his wife before fleeing with valuables.

Patna village, where the incident took place, is around 60 km from Kolkata. The woman was sent for a medical examination after she broke down and narrated her ordeal before senior police officers.

Krishna Chandra Mal, 50, who owns around 25 bighas of fertile land, lived with his 40-year-old wife and teenaged son. Around midnight on Tuesday, he left his bedroom to go the toilet, which is located outside the main building. His wife followed him outside. As soon as Mal opened the courtyard door, four men allegedly pounced on him. Two of them pinned him down while the rest turned their attention to his wife. Before she could get over the shock, she was gagged and trussed up. The goons pushed her into a room.

The men then entered the room where Mal's son Kushal, 14, was asleep. They gagged and tied him up before starting to loot valuables from the house. By then, Mal had managed to break free from his captors and rushed towards the house. At this point, one of the miscreants pulled out a dagger and slit his throat. After Mal fell on the ground, he was stabbed repeatedly.

"Even as Mal bled to death in the courtyard, the criminals entered the room where his wife was confined. According to the woman, the men abused her sexually before leaving with the valuables they had looted. After some time, Kushal succeeded in freeing himself and went to his mother's help. Mal had died by then. The two then raised an alarm," a police officer said.

On Wednesday morning, a large number of villagers led by Trinamool Congress leaders gheraoed Polba police station, demanding arrest of the accused. Initially, a case of murder and robbery was registered at the police station. Later, when additional SP Ashis Biswas reached the village, the woman broke down and told him that she was raped. She said she decided to break her silence after receiving support from the villagers. She was sent to the Imambara Hospital in Chinsurah for a medical examination.

"Before leaving, she spoke to us but could not say why somebody would want to kill her husband or rape her. Mal had sold the potatoes he had grown some time ago and deposited the money in the bank. His wife told us that he had obtained a tractor on hire-purchase recently. Some EMIs are still pending and Mal had allegedly received some threat calls in this regard. We shall look into this angle," the officer added.

Barely a month ago, a widow from Polba was lured by a relative to a place where some miscreants were having alcohol and raped. Four persons have been arrested in that case.

"We have got some clues and are investigating the matter. We hope to make a breakthrough soon," Biswas said.
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Mar 28, 2012: Man makes daughter beg after poor exam results

India | Updated Mar 28, 2012 at 05:04pm IST

Mysore: Strict parenting took a shocking new turn in Mysore on Wednesday. A class seven student was forced to beg in front of a temple by none her own father as a punishment for getting poor marks in exams.

When the police learnt of the incident they summoned the 12-year-old's father, who claimed that it was an effort to make his daughter realise the hardships of life.

The father of the girl is a coffee planter and has been charged under the Juvenile Justice Act based on an NGO's complaint. He is now out on bail while the girl is now with the Child Welfare Committee.

Link: Man makes daughter beg after poor exam results

Mar 28, 2012: Infant girl found dead in dustbin

TNN | Mar 28, 2012, 07.18AM IST

JAIPUR: While the thrust of the government is on sex determination to check dismal child sex ratio in the state, the frequent cases of dumping infant girls seem to have escaped the concern of the government and there no pro-active measures to curb the menace.

On Tuesday, the natives of P&T colony in Shastri Nagar area informed the police about an abandoned infant girl in a dustbin, but it was too late. "We took the girl to Kanwatia hospital and the doctors declared her brought dead. She was probably born on Monday and her body was dumped in the garbage bin in the night," an officer said. The girl seems to have been strangulated.

According to the police, the girl was probably born on Monday and her body was dumped in the garbage bin in the night.

The girl's post mortem was done at the Kanwatia hospital, police said, adding they were awaiting the report to find the actual cause of death of the girl. However , it seems she was strangulated as there were marks on her neck.
In most of the six cases in which infant girl children were found abandoned since 2009, the city police just did a formality of post mortem and the deceased was buried.

What actually stops the Jaipur police to treat such cases as murder, when asked, a senior police officer, on the condition of anonymity, said, "In most of these cases neither the locals of the area where the body is found nor the concerned nursing homes where the baby is born are willing to cooperate with us, which would give us some clues. Likewise, it is mandatory for nursing homes to register every birth but in many of the cases it is not complied with."
"I think the state government is showing its concern for the feticide but the police and medical department is not doing the required drill to check the female infanticide ," said Kavita Srivastava, general secretary, PUCL, Rajasthan.

"In some of the districts including Sikar where 12 infants were found dumped in wells, the police did a nice investigation However, in Jaipur it appears that the police are not serious towards checking the cases where unknown persons dump the infants (girls)," she added.

According to the UNICEF reports in Rajasthan there were 914 girls per 1,000 boys in 0-6 years category while for urban population there were 887 girls in 1000 boys. The figures of the 2011 census show a marginal improvement but not satisfactory as there are 932 girls per 1,000 boys in rural areas while there are 911 girls in urban population per 1,000 boys.
Link: Infant girl found dead in dustbin

Mar 28, 2012: Woman kills husband, buries him under bathroom floor

Press Trust of India, Updated: Mar 28, 2012 15:47 IST

Meerut: A man was allegedly killed by his wife, who later buried the body on the bathroom floor in Ganganagar area here, police said today.

Varsha (28), a mother of two, killed her husband Rajendra Patel (40) on Sunday.

Varsha and Rajendra had got married in 2002 against the wishes of her parents. Rajendra, a rider in army, took voluntary retirement and later settled with his wife in Meerut.

The incident came to light yesterday when Rajendra Kumar, a friend of the victim, came to their house and saw a fresh plaster done on a bathroom floor. When Kumar asked for his friend, Varsha could not satisfy him with her replies following which Kumar got suspicious and informed the police.

The body was then found buried in the bathroom.

A case has been registered against the woman, who has been sent to jail this morning.

Link: Woman kills husband, buries him under bathroom floor

Mar 27, 2012: Woman suffers 80% burns as husband, kin set her on fire

V Narayan, TNN | Mar 27, 2012, 06.31AM IST

MUMBAI: A 24-year-old housewife suffered 80% burns after she was allegedly set on fire by her mother-in-law , husband and brother-in-law at their home in Wagh Chawl at Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in Bhandup (W). The victim, Sujata Wagh, had initially claimed that she suffered the burns due to negligence while cooking. 

However, when police picked holes in her statement, the victim revealed that her husband along with his mother and brother to set her on fire on Saturday . The police on Sunday arrested the husband, Sachin (30), mother-in-law Mankarna (52) and brother-in-law Nitin (23). They have been booked for attempt to murder. 

Police said ever since the victim got married to Sachin, Mankarna claimed that Sujata was a curse to the family and it was because of her (victim) that Sachin did not go to work. 

On Saturday, Mankarna had an altercation with the victim. "In a fit of rage, she ordered her sons to grab the victim while she doused her with kerosene and set her on fire," said Nadgauda. 

On hearing the victim's screams, neighbours rushed into the house and nabbed the accused . They were handed over to the police. Sujata is undergoing treatment at Sion Hospital.
Link: Woman suffers 80% burns as husband, kin set her on fire

Mar 27, 2012: 19-year-old held for attempt to abduct girl

TNN | Mar 27, 2012, 06.18AM IST

JAIPUR: Two days after a girl accused a boy living in her neighbourhood of attempting to abduct her and outrage her modesty, the Shastri Nagar police have arrested the 19-year-old boy. 

According to the police, the victim Simaran Kaur(18) had lodged an FIR at the Shastri Nagar police station on Saturday saying that while she was returning home, the accused Jai Prakash(19) hit her with his bike and threatened her to sit on his vehicle by showing a knife. When the girl started shouting for help, passers-by came to her rescue on hearing her shouts, and the accused fled from the scene. 

"We arrested the boy on Monday and he was presented before a local court where he was released on bail. He was booked under Sections 386 and 376/511 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)," a police officer said. 

It is noteworthy that the victim had implicated three persons of attempting to abduct her, however, the police has arrested just one person in this connection. Police added the accused is a Ist year B.Com student while the victim is pursuing BCA Ist year and have prolonged rivalry. Both had been implicating each other over various things for a long time. 

"Based on the complaint lodged by the victim we arrested the accused and are trying to arrest other accused," said an officer. According to the police, in a similar incident, a girl was abducted from the Vidhyadhar Nagar police station area last week. 
Link: 19-year-old held for attempt to abduct girl

Mar 27, 2012: Robbers gang-rape, shoot woman

Gyan Prakash, TNN | Mar 27, 2012, 07.17AM IST

PATNA/JAMUI: In an incident that sent shivers down the spine, road robbers gang-raped and shot dead a woman in her 30s after relieving her family members of cash and belongings while they were on way to Jamui after a picnic trip on Sunday evening. Worse, policemen took 12 hours to lodge an FIR as they allegedly fought over the jurisdiction of the place of occurrence.

The incident occurred at the tri-junction of Jamui, Sheikhpura and Lakhisarai districts, 200km from Patna, when Naresh Barnwal, a businessman based in Dhanbad, along with his wife and child and wife's brother, wife and child was returning after visiting tourist spots in Rajgir and Nalanda on his car.

They were on way to Jamui where his wife's 'mausi', or mother's sister, stayed.

Reports reaching state police HQ said the Barnwals were intercepted by six armed criminals who had put up boulders on the road near Hansapur village under the Karandeh police station of Sheikhpura district. They snatched the cash, ornaments, cellphones and other belongings of the Barnwals and pulled Naresh's wife out of the vehicle. They forced her to walk with them at gunpoint for some distance, gang-raped and shot at her before escaping.

Wailing family members scouted for the victim and took her to the Jamui sadar hospital, 50km away, where she was declared 'brought dead'.

Since the robbery took place at a spot that fell under Sheikhpura district; the gang rape at a spot in Lakhisarai district and the death was confirmed in Jamui district, cops at the three police stations concerned made the wailing Barnwals to run in circles - from Jamui to Sheikhpura and then to Lakhisarai.

What added to their woes was the fact that the SPs of Sheikhpura and Lakhisarai had relinquished the charge following a police reshuffle notified on Saturday.

It was only after the new incumbent, Premlata, joined as Lakhisarai SP on Monday and visited the spot along with new Sheikhpura SP Anusuiya Rana Singh Sahu that the FIR was lodged at the Halsi police station in Lakhisarai around 9am.

DGP Abhayanand said doctors performing autopsy informally told the local sub-inspector there were no signs of rape on the body. "However, we will wait for the autopsy report before reaching a conclusion," he said and added a team of forensic experts had been sent from Patna for scientific examination of the spot.

Sources said police have seized a cellphone from the spot. However, it was not examined till reports last came in on Monday evening.
Link: Robbers gang-rape, shoot woman

Mar 26, 2012: Teenager arrested for raping 4-year-old girl

Press Trust of India, Updated: Mar 26, 2012 09:23 IST
Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu: An 18-year old boy has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-year old girl near her house in Kottakombe, about 30 km from Udhagamandalam in Tamil Nadu.

Police said the girl's parents and neighbors rescued her from a bush near her house after hearing her screams. The boy fled on seeing them and was arrested early Sunday morning, they said.

They said a medical examination of the girl at the Government Hospital in Udhagamandalam confirmed rape. The boy has been remanded to judicial custody, they said.
Link: Teenager arrested for raping 4-year-old girl

Mar 26, 2012: Lecturer held for trying to molest woman

TNN | Mar 26, 2012, 01.44AM IST

COIMBATORE: A 37-year-old lecturer was arrested on Saturday for allegedly entering into his neighbour woman's house and attempting to molest her at Masakkalipalayam near Singanallur. 

Police said A Senthilnathan is working ascommerce department lecturer in a private college at Kalapatti. On Friday evening, he came to his house at Masakkalipalayam in a drunken mood and trespassed into his neighbour woman P Tamilselvi's house. She was alone at the home and he attempted to outrage her modesty. He also criminally intimated her. Later, Tamilselvi told this to her husband Prabhakaran, an AC mechanic, who advised her to lodge a complaint with the police. 

On Saturday evening, she lodged a complaint with Singanallur police station. The police have registered a case against the lecturer under section 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506 (i) (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code. Senthilnathan was arrested on Saturday.
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Mar 26, 2012: Man jailed for slapping false case

TNN | Mar 26, 2012, 05.12AM IST

NEW DELHI: A man has been sentenced to one month jail term by a trail court for falsely implicating his daughter's lover in an abduction case as he did not approve of their inter-caste union and forcibly got his daughter married for a second time. 

The case pertains to a recent incident of a runaway girl who went missing from a remand home and it was later discovered that she was remarried at the behest of her father, Kaushal. Kaushal had deposed before the court that his daughter was a minor and had been kidnapped by her lover, Prem Raj. However, the girl surfaced along with her lover and told the court that she was 20-years-old. 

Holding Kaushal guilty of filing a false case, additional sessions judge Kamini Lau said, "This is a classic case exhibiting the manner in which the existing law and rules of procedure have been abused, misused and twisted by Kaushal (complainant/ father of the girl) only to frustrate her marriage with Prem Raj for the sole reason that he belonged to a low caste while she belonged to a high caste." 

"...The entire system was used and abused by Kaushal to achieve his object of frustrating the marriage of his daughter with the accused... where on the one hand she continues to be the legally wedded wife of Prem Raj and on the other hand now resides with Son Pal Singh (the person with whom Kaushal had married her) as his wife," the court stated.
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Mar 26, 2012: Woman holds down husband as lover chokes him to death

Mid-Day.com, Updated: Mar 26, 2012 12:43IST

Mumbai: Unhappy in her marriage, a 25-year-old housewife decided to end her husband's life with the help of her lover and his friend. Sangita Chandrakant Varak, a resident of Chembur, watched her husband Chandrakant die as her lover strangled Chandrakant's throat by stepping on it. Sangita and a friend of her lover held on to Chandrakant's hands and feet, as he struggled and fought for his life.

The RCF cops arrested Sangita, her lover Ramchandra Shelke and his friend Ramesh Bawdhane on Saturday after almost a month of investigations. According to the authorities, Sangita was having an affair with Shelke for over a year and her husband was aware of her infidelities.

Realising the marriage was not working, Sangita came up with a plan to end Chandrakant's life with the help of Shelke and Bawdhane on February 7. "Finally on February 10 at midnight, executing her plans, Sangita and Bawdhane held her husband's hands and legs while he was in bed and Shelke pushed his leg on Chandrakant's throat till he was unable to breathe any longer," said an officer.

The authorities added that they found Chandrakant's body at his home in Mapwali Chawl, Anik Gaon, Chembur.
Initially, they had registered a case of unnatural death. However, they were unable to find any evidence of murder and the post mortem did not provide any clues. 

Cops received a breakthrough in the case, when Sangita kept offering different statements, which raised their suspicions. The doctor also said that Chandrakant was killed through strangulation. "Finally we were able to arrest the three on Saturday. The accused have confessed to their crimes," said C S Yadav, senior inspector, RCF police station.
Link: Woman holds down husband as lover chokes him to death

Mar 25, 2012: 13-year-old girl from West Bengal rescued in Ghaziabad

PTI | Mar 25, 2012, 06.19PM IST

GHAZIABAD: Police have rescued a 13-year-old girl from West Bengal who was allegedly being married to a 30-year-old man in the district. 

The minor told the police that she hailed from West Bengal and was on her way to Patna to meet her grandmother when she was lured by a woman to accompany her. 

The girl was kept in a house in Massoorie area and was to be married to a local man of more than twice her age. 

The man is absconding, police said.
Link: 13-year-old girl from West Bengal rescued in Ghaziabad

Mar 25, 2012: Mother of tribal rape victim shot dead for not withdrawing complaint

TNN | Mar 25, 2012, 11.23AM IST

BHOPAL: The mother of a minor tribal schoolgirl who was raped in Betul two weeks ago, was shot dead by the alleged rapist and his cronies, in Betul on Friday. She was reportedly killed for refusing to withdraw the complaint that she had lodged with the police, after her daughter studying in class VII was savaged on 10 February.

The 50-year-old woman was shot right in front of her family by four men who had barged in to her home. Her daughter later told police that the four included her supposedly absconding rapist.

The four had stomped in to Imarti Bai Dhurve's home at Hamlapur on Friday night, ordering her to withdraw the complaint, which she reportedly refused . The men, identified by the police as the rape-accused Rajesh Kirar, Raju Yadav alias Bantu, Montu Yadav, and Praveen, reportedly had a heated argument with her, before she was shot. Her traumatized daughter, who was present there, said they shot thrice and her mother fell dead.

She said the alleged rapist had been threatening her mother for the last couple of days, asking to take back the rape complaint filed at the Gani police station. Fearing the worst, her family had approached the police a couple of times - but the cops, apparently, did nothing.

The girl was going to her school when she was allegedly abducted by Rajesh Kirar and a lady, identified as Rani, wife of Mantu. Rajesh had allegedly taken the girl into a room and raped her.

Rani was arrested and produced in a local court, which let her out on bail, according to Betul's Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) M L Solanki.

The ASP claimed to TOI that indications were it was Montu who had shot the woman, through her back. The ASP maintained that while her daughter stated to the cops that the alleged rapist was among the four men, her brother had denied that. Imarti's husband Shyam was sitting on a cot outside, when the men entered his home and shot his wife dead, according to Solanki.

The accused have been charged with murder, besides under the SC & ST Atrocities Act.

The ASP also claimed that the dead woman had not approached him about the threats she had after lodging the rape complaint. ``We would have lodged another case against the accused if she did,'' he said.

Anyhow, none of the four men have been arrested as of Saturday evening, more than 24 hours after the murder.
Link: Mother of tribal rape victim shot dead for not withdrawing complaint

Mar 25, 2012: Woman burnt to death for 'giving birth to girls'

Press Trust of India, Updated: Mar 25, 2012 20:56 IST

Baharampur, West Bengal: A young woman was burnt to death, apparently for giving birth to baby girls consecutively, at Khargram in Murshidabad district today.

Police said Rupali Bibi (25) was set ablaze, allegedly by her in-laws and husband, on Sunday morning.

Her charred body was later recovered from the house.

Bibi's family later lodged a complaint with Khargram police station that she was killed for giving birth to two girls one after another in past and the in-laws had been plotting to eliminate her for quite some time.

The in-laws family was absconding but none of the accused will be spared, Superintendent of Police Humayun Kabir said.
Link: Woman burnt to death for 'giving birth to girls'

Mar 25, 2012: Minor attempts suicide after being gang-raped

Reported by Anant Zanane; Written by Shamik Ghosh, Updated: Mar 25, 2012 16:26 IST
Kanpur: A minor, who was allegedly gangraped by three men in Kanpur on Saturday, attempted suicide today by consuming hair dye. She has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Ursula hospital in the city. The class XI student was allegedly gangraped by her neighbour Rajiv and his friends in the cantonment area ...
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Mar 25, 2012: 2 seven-year-old girls help nab alleged child abductor

PTI | Mar 25, 2012, 05.38PM IST

AHMEDABAD: Two seven-year-old girls helped arrest an alleged child kidnapper from outside their school in Madhavpura area of the city, police said today.

The incident took place yesterday. The girls, who arrived at the school with their fathers, pointed out a man who they said had been offering them sweets for the past few days.

The two parents then caught the man, who tried to escape, but passers-by came to the help, and he was handed over to the police.

"The alertness of Neha Palival and Shirali Chavda, both studying in class three of H B Kapadia school, helped us arrest Dhiraj Vaghela who is suspected to be a child kidnapper," police inspector Shaktisinh Parmar said.

He said the 40-year-old Vaghela had been approaching the girls for the past few days outside the school, and trying to entice them by offering chocolates and ice-cream.

Talking to mediapersons, Nisha and Shirali said the man had also taken their pictures using mobile phone, and would tell them that their school was not good, he would take them to a better school.
Link: 2 seven-year-old girls help nab alleged child abductor

Mar 25, 2012: 24-year-old arrested for raping minor girl in Delhi

Indo-Asian News Services, Updated: Mar 25, 2012 07:20 IST

New Delhi: A 24-year-old man identified Krishna as was arrested for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in east Delhi. The accused was known to the victim as he lives in her neighbourhood. "Two days ago he had taken the victim to a rented accommodation in Gandhi Nagar and raped her. He threatened the victim with dire consequence if she revealed the matter to anyone, but the girl narrated the whole story to her parents a day after the incident." said a police official.
After the victim's medical examination, the accused was arrested from his house. He was sent to 14 days' judicial custody by a court
Link: 24-year-old arrested for raping minor girl in Delhi

Mar 25, 2012: Two minor girls raped in east Delhi

TNN | Mar 25, 2012, 02.15AM IST

NEW DELHI: In two separate cases, two minor girls have been allegedly raped in the trans-Yamuna area of east Delhi. 

A seven-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified person in Gokulpuri, northeast Delhi. The victim had gone to a shop when she went missing, sources said. Her parents found her later with bloodstained clothes. Police were informed and the girl was taken to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital. Rape was confirmed and a case registered. 

In another case, a 16 year-old-girl was abducted and raped by her neighbor in Gandhi Nagar. "The accused took her to Haryana last year and raped her," said a cop. Her medical examination confirmed rape. The accused has been held
Link: Two minor girls raped in east Delhi

Mar 25, 2012: Minor girls escape kidnap attempt in

TNN | Mar 25, 2012, 02.54AM IST

JAIPUR: Two bikers posing as sanyasis and suspected to members of a human trafficking gang, tried to kidnap two girls playing outside their house in Bharatpur on Friday evening. 

But when they failed to lure them even after offering money, they threw acid on the children. One of the girls sustained serious burn injuries on her legs and hands and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, while the other has been discharged after preliminary treatment. 

The local residents expressed anger over police's failure to nab the two men despite being informed immediately. The family members alleged that a similar incident of attempt to kidnap children have taken place in the neighbourhood. They suspect that the children were to be kidnapped by human trafficking gangs. 

According to the police, the incident took place in Atalbandh police station area of Bharatpur. "Two girls, 11-year-old Krishna and 6-year-old Puja were playing outside their house when two men, one posing as a male swami, while other as a female wearing a sari, stopped their bike near them," said a police officer. 

They asked the two girls to come with them. "According to eye-witnesses, the duo offered the girls Rs 50, but the elder girl not only refused to go with them, she also tried to protect her sister. When the duo insisted, the girls started crying," said the officer.
Link: Minor girls escape kidnap attempt in

Mar 25, 2012: 10-year-old girl gangraped in Meerut

PTI | Mar 25, 2012, 05.45PM IST

MEERUT: A 10-year-old girl was gangraped by two youths here, police said today. 

The incident took place yesterday at Shergari area when the girl had gone to a shop near her residence. The youths took here to an isolated area and raped her, they said. 

The girl has been rushed to a hospital by some locals, who spotted her lying in a critical condition on the road. 

One of the accused was arrested today, while the other is still at large, police said.
Link: 10-year-old girl gangraped in Meerut

Mar 25, 2012: Semen presence not necessary for proving rape: High court - The Times of India

Vaibhav Ganjapure, TNN | Mar 25, 2012, 01.22AM IST

NAGPUR: Rejecting an appeal filed by a rape and murder accused, the Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has ruled that presence of semen is not necessary for proving offence of rape. "It is not necessary that in every sexual intercourse, there would be oozing of semen," a division bench comprising justices Naresh Patil and TV Nalwade ruled. 

In the process, the court upheld the Osmanabad sessions court verdict which sentenced Prashant Kate (25) to death and lifer for raping and killing a six-year-old girl. He was also slapped with a fine of Rs 25,000. 

Citing Section 375 of IPC, the court ruled that even slight penetration is sufficient to constitute the offence of rape. "In the present case, reason is given that there was no semen detected in vaginal swab. It is not acceptable in view of position of law and also for common sense," the court observed. 

"There is sufficient evidence to prove that it is a case of homicide and rape. It needs to be observed that no injury was found on the private part of the accused, but we cannot infer from it that he had not committed rape," the court added. 

Citing criminal analysis report, the accused contended that his blood group was 'O' while that found on the clothes of deceased was 'A'. However, the court held that injuries found on the person of accused as per medical evidence can be used against him as an incriminating circumstance. 

Kate, a resident of Solapur, had gone for a marriage of his friend in Kaudgaon village of Osmanabad district on May 4, 2009. The deceased's family was also from Solapur and had come for the same event. The accused was known for his bad habits and also for drinking. After the dinner, when everybody was busy in marriage preparations, Kate, who was under influence of liquor, took away the girl under pretext of handing her over to her father. After performing the heinous act, he smashed her head by stone. 

When the girl could not be traced, her parents lodged a complaint at the nearest police station. The accused was arrested two days later and the session court later awarded him capital punishment after examining witnesses. 

Reacting to the judgement, Tejaswini Khade, the president of the Vidarbha Lady Lawyers' Association, said, "Such judgments would act as a deterrent to criminals like Kate. I think law should be stricter to prevent such incidents. In today's scenario, every parent remains concerned about their girls when they are not with them." 

Social activist Seema Sakhare felt Kate depicted depravity among humans and "such criminals should be dealt with iron hand". "The court was right in holding that even slight penetration should be accounted as rape. The convict fittingly deserves death for his brutal act," she said. 
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Mar 25, 2012: 'Divorce epidemic due to sex-starved marriages'

Abhinav Garg, TNN | Mar 25, 2012, 02.29AM IST

NEW DELHI: Sex-starved marriages leading to divorce are becoming an "epidemic", the Delhi high court has observed, while granting divorce to a husband, maintaining that denial of sex by his wife amounted to mental cruelty.

The man argued that in the five months he and his wife stayed as a couple after marriage, they had sex only 10-15 times. Dismissing the wife's plea against divorce, Justice Kailash Gambhir noted in his order earlier this week: "Although it is difficult to exactly lay down as to how many times any healthy couple should have sexual intercourse in a particular period of time as it is not a mechanical but a mutual act, there cannot be any two ways about the fact that marriage without sex will be an insipid relation."

According to case records, the couple married in February 1991 but the wife left five months later.

The Delhi high court has granted divorce to a husband, maintaining that denial of sex by his wife amounted to mental cruelty.

The court was hearing her appeal against the decision of a lower court to grant divorce to the husband. Denying her husband's charges, she sought the marriage to be restituted.

The man, however, claimed that she had refused to have sex with him on the wedding night and was thereafter unresponsive; she "was like deadwood when he had sexual intercourse with her". Dismissing the wife's plea, Justice Gambhir stressed the importance of a healthy sexual relationship between a normal couple, though there may be exceptions.

"The sanctity of sexual relationship and its role in re-invigorating the bond of marriage is getting diluted and as a consequence more and more couples are seeking divorce due to sexual incompatibility and absence of sexual satisfaction," Gambhir said. "That 'the twain shall become one flesh, so that they are no more twain but one'...(is the) real purpose of marriage ."

The court also took into account the wife's refusal to participate in traditional ceremonies and quarrels with her in-laws. The husband had also accused her of trying to steal jewellery from her mother-in-law. The fact that she slapped a dowry harassment in the Crime Against Women Cell only case to later unconditionally withdraw it, also raised HC's suspicions that her denials were baseless.

While acknowledging that "what happens in the four walls of the matrimonial home and what goes inside the bed room of a couple is either known to them or at the most members of the family", Justice Gambhir found the testimony of the husband more credit worthy because his father seconded it while the wife failed to provide any evidence in her favour.
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Mar 25, 2012: Woman hangs self, dies

TNN | Mar 25, 2012, 03.36AM IST

COIMBATORE: A 26-year-old woman, who allegedly had an extra marital affair with a ward councillor, committed suicide by hanging at her house in Thondamuthur on Friday night. 

The deceased has been identified as E Gowri. According to Police, Gowri was married to G Elango (31). The couple had two children. 

Two months ago, an extra marital affair developed between Gowri and a ward councillor of Thondamuthur town panchayat. When Elango came to know, he warned his wife; however, she refused to listen. 

On Friday night, after Elango came home from work, he found the ward councillor at his house. Elango tried to nab the councilor, who escaped. 

Meanwhile, Gowri locked the door inside and hanged herself. Residents broke open the door and took Gowri to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital where she was declared 'brought dead'. The councillor is absconding. 

Gowri's younger brother Kathiresan lodged a complaint with Perur all women police station on Friday night. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
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Mar 25, 2012: 15-year-old girl raped, Old Goa police register case

TNN | Mar 25, 2012, 04.38AM IST

PANAJI: The Old Goa police registered a case of rape on Friday night after a 15-year-old girl alleged that she was raped by her uncle at his residence a few months ago. 

Michael Fernandes, chairman of the Goa citizen's welfare trust, in his complaint to the police said that when he along with his staff members visited Provedoria at Goa Velha, where children of poor parents are admitted, he met a 15-year-old girl. During their interaction, the minor informed them that she was sexually abused by her uncle at his residence in St Cruz a few months ago. 

Fernandes approached the Agasaim police station with his complaint. The Agasaim police accepted the complaint and transferred the case to the Old Goa police station as the alleged offence had taken place at St Cruz.
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Mar 24, 2012: Denying sex to spouse on first night ground for marriage annulment: Delhi high court

PTI | Mar 24, 2012, 08.24PM IST

NEW DELHI: Wilful denial of sex, including that on the first night after wedding, by either of the spouse amounts to cruelty and can be a ground for dissolution of the marriage, the Delhi high court has ruled. 

Justice Kailash Gambhir gave the verdict, upholding the lower court's decree of divorce to a man having a "sex-starved marriage" as his wife refused to have sexual intercourse with him on the wedding night and making him long for it for the subsequent five months, left her matrimonial home. 

"In the present case, the testimony of the husband that the wife was never responsive and was like a dead wood when he had sexual intercourse with her remained unrebutted. 

"It is not that the husband had sex with his wife only about 10-15 times from the date of his marriage within a period of five months, but the wife's cruel act of denying sex to the husband especially on the very first night and then not to actively participate in it even for the said limited period for which no contrary suggestion was given by the wife," the court said. 

It cited various Supreme Court judgements on the issue and said "it is evident that wilful denial of sexual intercourse without reasonable cause would amount to cruelty." 

Referring to the apex court's observation that "sex is the foundation of marriage and marriage without sex is an anathema," Justice Gambhir said, "Marriage without sex will be an insipid relation."
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