Sep 30, 2012: Female feticide: Doctor nabbed in sting operation

PTI | Sep 30, 2012, 08.45PM IST

BEED: A government medical officer was caught red-handed while allegedly conducting abortion at his private hospital in Kaij tehsil of Beed district during a sting operation conducted by health officials and police today. 

The doctor was arrested, police said. Kaij sub-district hospital medical superintendent Dr Ashok Thorat told PTI that a woman came in Kaij sub-district hospital, who wanted an abortion of her over four-month old female foetus. 

Thorat said he told the woman to go to a hospital in Ambajogai for termination of pregnancy, but she said that she will go to the Akshata hospital, run by Kaij sub-district hospital's medical officer Dr Chandrakant Lamture in Shikshak colony area of Kaij, for the abortion. 

The medical superintendent then sent a team of health and police officials after the woman to keep a watch on her movements and conduct a sting operation. 

Lamture, who was not authorised to conduct medical termination of pregnancy, was caught red-handed, Thorat said. 

Kaij police sub-inspector Haribhau Rathod said after the sting operation they seized some equipment from Lamture's hospital, used for abortion. 

The foetus was seized from the hospital and sent for autopsy, Rathod said. 

A case has been registered against the doctor under sections 312 (causing miscarriage), 316 (causing death of unborn child), 317 and 511 of IPC and under sections 3, 4 and 5 of Medical Termination of Pregnancies (MTP) Act, he said. 

The woman, who already has a son and a daughter, has been admitted to Kaij sub-district hospital, police added.
Link: Female feticide: Doctor nabbed in sting operation

Sept 30, 2012: Jeans-clad women banned from Madhya Pradesh Jain temples

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Bhopal: Jain community leaders in Guna district of northern Madhya Pradesh have decided not to allow women wearing “western” attire, especially jeans and top, from entering temples.

The dress code diktat for Jain temples in the district also extends to T-shirts. Cleric Aryika Gurumati Mata said women should be dressed decently while coming to temples.

She added that women not wear make-up, particularly lipstick, when coming to pray at temples.

The community’s leaders have decided to abide by the decision taken by religious heads. A Jain community spokesperson said boards would soon be put up at all the temples warning girls wearing jeans, tops and T-shirts against entering the premises. “If parents still send their children to temples in such dresses, action will be taken.”

The spokesperson did not specify what action the violators would face.
Link: Jeans-clad women banned from Madhya Pradesh Jain temples

Sept 30, 2012: Survivors, not victims

Namita Bhandare, Hindustan Times |September 29, 2012

New Delhi

This we know: On September 9, a 16-year-old Dalit schoolgirl in Dabra village, Hisar was kidnapped, raped and photographed allegedly by a group of upper caste Jat boys. This we know: The girl complains to her father. The photographs are circulated in the village. The father tries to lodge a complaint, fails, and kills himself nine days after his daughter was raped.

This we know: It takes media outrage, street processions and the threat of job suspensions by the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes before the Haryana police arrest nine of the 12 accused (one is the nephew of the INLD district chief and three are said to have links to the Congress). But even before interrogation can begin, comes news of a copycat rape: another Dalit woman, also gangraped, also filmed, also in Haryana, only this time in Jind district.

The silence in Hisar has an echo in Jind. At the time of writing, the National Commission for Women is yet to rouse itself. Leave alone a visit to Hisar, it has not even bothered with a statement laced with the mandatory clichés of outrage, shock etc.

But more than predictable statements, perhaps the time has come to change the rhetoric of rape. Rape, like murder, is a terrible, heinous crime. But that is just what it is, a crime. Take away the attendant accessories of ‘honour’, ‘humiliation’ and ‘fate worse than death’ and you take away the sting; the motivation behind the continuing rape of vulnerable women.

When Dalit women are targeted for rape by upper caste men, the message is clear: Terrorise an entire community. When the rape of a woman is tied in with a man’s honour (because she is his property), then the motive is not sexual desire — in rape it almost never is — but a desire to subdue those who you believe are beneath you. “There is a lot of tension in villages where Dalits are moving ahead in terms of education and employment,” says Asha Kowtal of the All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch. “You have to see the rape of this girl in the context of caste tensions in the state.”

In a culture where a woman’s honour is tied to notions of her sexual ‘purity’, rape as a weapon will continue to be used to punish her or her brothers, her father, her husband, her community. It is this culture that leads to women agreeing to marrying their rapists or committing suicide after being cast out by their families. It is this culture that led the father of the 16-year-old in Hisar to kill himself. It is this culture that leads young men with a sense of entitlement to believe they can rape and they can photograph but they will not be caught because the women they rape will be too ‘ashamed’ to complain.
These are attitudes that find resonance in the police. A sting operation by Tehelka earlier this year interviewed one officer who said no self-respecting woman would report a rape out of a sense of shame. Those who did were extortionists, he said.

The media’s subtext in reporting sexual assault is not above reproach. Even the most well-intentioned reports swing between voyeurism and syrupy sentimentality. There is an inordinate focus on urban rapes, while those in the hinterland get a cursory paragraph — if at all. Guidelines that rape survivors should not be named subscribe to the notion of stigma. A woman raped is a woman shamed, hence her identity must be protected. Photographs of course are out of the question. But accompanying visuals of helpless women huddled in fear perpetuate the stereotype of how we as a society believe survivors of rape should behave. Even the nomenclature is misplaced: a person who is raped is not a victim. She is a survivor.

Women who have been raped want justice more than sympathy. They want their rapists to be shamed, not have to bear the burden of stigma on themselves. They want rape to be treated as it is: an awful crime. A crime minus the added sting of honour.

- Namita Bhandare is a Delhi-based writer. The views expressed by the author are personal.
Link: Survivors, not victims

Sep 29, 2012: Woman booked for trying to dispose female foetus

Vandana Keelor, TNN | Sep 29, 2012, 03.58AM IST

NOIDA: In a case of suspected illegal abortion, the Gautam Budh Nagar district hospital has lodged a complaint with the Noida police against a woman for allegedly trying to dispose off a five-month-old female foetus. The woman was apprehended by the chief medical superintendent of the hospital on Friday afternoon when she was about to throw the foetus, which was wrapped in an old newspaper, into the dustbin. Hospital authorities suspect that diagnostic centres around the hospital are conducting unauthorized pre-natal sex determination tests as several women have come to the hospital for abortions in the recent past.

The incident occurred around 2.15pm when the medical superintendent, Dr Ashok Mishra, was leaving the hospital after his day's work along with his wife, Dr Meena Mishra. "We suddenly spotted a woman hurrying towards the exit gate. She was carrying a newspaper-wrapped parcel. My wife questioned the woman, Reshma and found the packet stained with blood. Reshma said she was carrying soiled clothes and was going to dispose them," Mishra said.

The CMS added that they found out that her sister-in-law, Saba, was admitted in the hospital's labour room. When they examined the packet they found that it contained a dead female foetus.

Meena Mishra, a gynaecologist at the district hospital, said Saba had consulted her two days ago and requested for an abortion. "I refused as the foetus was 5 months old. When I confronted Saba again when I took Reshma to the labour room and examined her, the foetus was no longer in Saba's womb," Dr Mishra said.
Link: Woman booked for trying to dispose female foetus

Sep 29, 2012: Two-day-old girl child found abandoned

TNN | Sep 29, 2012, 02.33AM IST

JAIPUR: A two-day-old girl child, found abandoned behind Kanodia Girls' College on Wednesday, once again brought to fore rampant discrimination against girl children in the state. 

It is the third such case in the last few months. In July, an infant girl was dumped in Zanana hospital while another was abandoned near Jagatpura railway station. 

Some passersby informed the police around 4pm on Wednesday saying they heard the cries of an infant. The girl is now undergoing treatment at JK Lon hospital. The doctors claimed that she was out of danger. 

After getting information, the police rushed to the Kishore Pareek Marg behind Kanodia Girls' College where the girl was found ling in a bag, which also contained some clothes. According to the police, the girl seemed to be from some well-to-do family. The police registered an FIR against unidentified persons and are investigating the matter. Incharge of Gandhi Nagar police station Rajesh Malik said: "We will check records of all the nearby hospitals to find clues about persons involved in the crime." 

The police handed over the baby to Shishu Palna Grah, from where the officials took her to JK Lon hospital. 

JK Lon hospital superintendent Dr SD Sharma said, "The girl weighed 2.7kg and she was brought to the hospital around 5.45pm two days ago. She is healthy and but we will keep her in observation for one or two days." 
Link: Two-day-old girl child found abandoned

Sep 29, 2012: Another gang rape in Haryana

Deepender Deswal, TNN | Sep 29, 2012, 06.28AM IST

SONIPAT: In yet another blot on Haryana's image, a class XI student was gangraped by four youths in a busy market area at Gohana in Sonipat district on Thursday. Two of them —Kali and Harish — have been arrested.

According to police, the girl, a student of a private school, was raped in the godown of a shop on Thursday afternoon but her uncle filed the complaint only on Friday.

According to the complaint, the girl had gone to the shop, just 100 metres away from her house, to buy grocery when the shop owner Kali told her to go to the nearby godown to pick up certain items.

Three youths were waiting in the godown while Kali followed her there. Once she entered the godown, the four youths closed the door from inside and took turns to rape her. The youths also threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed the trauma she had undergone to anybody.

When the girl, who lost her father a few years ago, returned home, her mother, who is a housewife, asked her why she was so late. She started weeping and revealed the incident. The family did not report the matter to the police on Thursday. The next day, they decided to approach the cops and named Kali, Harish, Santy and Deepak in the complaint.

DSP Gohana Yashpal Singh confirmed the incident. SHO Rajiv Singh said the police have registered a case and started investigations. He said all the four accused are residents of the market area.

"The accused are in their early 20s and have been working at the grocery shop. They are all local residents and seem to be known to the victim," he said, adding that the police have launched a manhunt.

SSP Sonipat Arun Singh did not respond to calls. This is the third gang rape in Haryana in 20 days, triggering a wave of protests in the state demanding action against the culprits.

On September 9, a dalit girl was gang-raped by eight youths near Dabra village in Hisar district and four others had filmed the act. Three accused in the case are still at large.

In Jind district, a 30-year-old woman was gang-raped by three youths at her house at Pillu Khera on September 21. The main accused in the case is still absconding.
Link: Another gang rape in Haryana

Sep 29, 2012: Couple axed to death in Chatra

PTI | Sep 29, 2012, 09.28PM IST

CHATRA (JHARKHAND): A man and his wife were axed to death at Katiadiah village in Chatra district and the woman's brother was on Saturday arrested in this connection, the police said. 

Karu Ganju and his wife Bebiya Devi were found dead in their house this morning, Superintendent of Police Anup Birtheray told reporters here. 

The axe with which they had been killed late last night was left in the room where the couple slept, he said, adding Devi's brother Rajendra Ganju was arrested in this connection. 

The couple fell in love before they had married and the police suspect it could be the reason behind their killing, the police officer said.
Link: Couple axed to death in Chatra

Sep 29, 2012: 33-yr-old gang-raped in southeast Delhi

TNN | Sep 28, 2012, 01.51AM IST
NEW DELHI: A woman was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by five men, including her live-in-partner, in southeast Delhi. The rapists also filmed the whole act with their cellphone cameras and stole Rs 5 lakh. One Azhar— the live-in partner— has been arrested, but others are on the run.

The incident occurred in the New Friends Colony police station area on September 17. The woman (33) was married twice and has a son. She had been in a live-in relationship with Azhar for four years; but that Monday, Azhar came home with four of his friends. "One of them made her drink a soft drink laced with sedatives. She fell unconscious, and the men took turns to rape her. They even filmed her, took still photos of her in the nude. They later threatened to upload the photos if she went to the cops," said a senior police officer.

On September 25, a case was registered only after the woman approached the senior cops. Medical examination confirmed rape and Azhar was arrested.
Link: 33-yr-old gang-raped in southeast Delhi

Sep 28, 2012: Teen drugged and gang-raped in east Delhi

TNN | Sep 28, 2012, 01.46AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old girl was abducted, drugged, gang-raped and filmed in the nude by two men in Mayur Vihar. One of the accused is her friend's brother, cops said. The incident occurred on August 14 when one of the accused, Vivek, met the Class X student of an east Delhi school at a local market and asked her to come home with him as his sister wanted to meet her.

She followed him to his car where Vivek allegedly offered her soft drink laced with sedatives. She soon felt dizzy and Vivek, instead of driving home, took her to his friend Raja's house.

Vivek and Raja raped her one by one and filmed the whole act with a cellphone camera. When she regained consciousness, the two men threatened to leak the video if she spilled the beans about the act. She shot back, threatening that her family will not spare them. The accused, to look serious about their threat, MMSed the clip to some of their friends. The girl, fearing that the truth would hurt her family's honor, kept quiet.

But on Wednesday, her father learnt about the MMS, which was circulated by the accused and their friends. The man reported the matter to the police after which a case was lodged. Cops were looking for the duo at the time of filing of this report.
Link: Teen drugged and gang-raped in east Delhi

Sep 28, 2012: 5-year-old girl tortured, then killed by foster parents in Indore

PTI | Sep 28, 2012, 03.58PM IST

INDORE, MP: A five-year-old adopted girl was beaten to death after being sexually assaulted allegedly by her foster parents here, police said today.

The foster parents have been arrested from their residence in Rajiv Awas Vihar here following postmortem report which confirmed the couple's alleged involvement in the girl's death, superintendent of police O P Tripathi told .

"There are indications of sexual assault and the girl being beaten to death," Tripathi said.

"It was yet to be confirmed by the medical experts the kind of sexual assault or torture the girl was inflicted to by the couple," he said.

A case under sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 376, 377 and 120B of IPC was registered against the couple, SP said.

The accused would be produced before a court later in the day, he said.

The accused, Rajesh Sengar and Bebi Sengar, had adopted the girl child from their relative in Uttar Pradesh four months ago.

On the night of September 26, Rajesh was spotted by the neighbours while he was taking her body wrapped in a plastic mat to dispose it off, he said.

The neighbours called the police who took the body and sent it to MY Hospital for postmortem.

During interrogation, Rajesh told the police that the girl had complained of choked throat, for which he was taking her to a private hospital, the SP said.

Postmortem report confirmed that the girl died of head injury, beaten by a belt kind of thing, and suffocation in air-pipe (throat), he said.

Meanwhile, enraged over the incident, residents of Rajiv Awas Vihar ransacked the couple's house this morning. They staged a road blockade and demanded strict punishment for the girl's foster parents.

Police force was sent to the area to maintain law and order.
Link: 5-year-old girl tortured, then killed by foster parents in Indore
Follow Up: 5-year-old may have choked to death during oral sex: Doctor

Sep 28, 2012: Teenagers sexually assaulted by homosexuals

PTI | Sep 28, 2012, 05.35PM IST
JALPAIGURI (WEST BENGAL): Two homosexuals allegedly sexually assaulted two teenagers at a government-run shelter home for boys in Jalpaiguri district on Friday. 

Aged 13 and 14, the boys are now admitted to Jalpaiguri district hospital while their seniors Md Ghulam and Keshab Roy were arrested by the police today, Kark home's superintendent T P Sherpa told reporters here. 

Besides mental pain, the teenagers have also suffered physical injuries. 

The shelter home houses juveniles as well as orphans. 
Link: Teenagers sexually assaulted by homosexuals

Sept 27, 2012: 16-year-old Delhi student allegedly raped, MMS circulated

Press Trust of India | Updated: September 27, 2012 23:18 IST

New Delhi: In yet another case of rape being filmed to blackmail the victim, a 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a driver in Delhi while his friend recorded the crime on a mobile phone and circulated the MMS.

The incident took place in east Delhi's Trilokpuri around 45 days ago and was reported to police on Wednesday when the victim's father came to know about the circulation of the MMS clip.

A case has been registered, but the accused are still at large.
The incident comes only days after a teenage Dalit girl in Haryana's Hisar being allegedly gangraped a fortnight back by a group of men, who had also threatened to make public her objectionable pictures, following which her shocked father committed suicide on September 18.

Also, a mother of two was allegedly ganagraped at gunpoint by three men in Jind district when she was alone in her house and the accused allegedly also filmed the crime and circulated it in the village.

The Class ten student claimed that the incident took place on August 14 and one of the accused was her brother's friend, who is a driver.

According to her, the driver offered her lift and made her drink soft drinks laced with sedatives. When she regained consciousness, she claimed that she found herself in a room where the driver's friend and a woman were present. The driver's friend filmed the crime and circulated it in the locality.

They allegedly threatened her that they will upload the clip on internet if she complained to police. The woman dropped her at her home later. A medical examination confirmed rape.
Link: 16-year-old Delhi student allegedly raped, MMS circulated

Sep 27, 2012: Young couple found hanging from tree in UP

PTI | Sep 26, 2012, 07.19PM IST

DEORIA: A young couple was found hanging from a tree in Bhaluwani area of the district, police said on Tuesday. 

Bodies of Gaurav (25) and Sarita (21) were recovered from from Patkhauli village last night, Superintendent of Police L Ravi Kumar said. 

He said the couple belonged to different caste and police suspect they committed suicide after failing to get married.
Link: Young couple found hanging from tree in UP

Sep 27, 2012: Now, 30-yr-old's gangrape in Jind rocks Haryana

Deepender Deswal, TNN | Sep 27, 2012, 05.24AM IST

PILLU KHERA (JIND): Haryana is rapidly climbing up the gender crime graph in India. A week after the rape of a dalit schoolgirl rocked Hisar, another case of gangrape came to light on Wednesday — that of a 30-year-old mother of a six-year-old girl. Not only was the woman assaulted but the rapists filmed the act too. Police said the crime was committed at her home in a railway colony on September 21.

Cops have arrested two men but the main suspect is still at large. In the earlier case of gangrape of a 16-year-old girl in Hisar's Dabra village, after which the victim's father committed suicide, the main accused are yet to be nabbed. The Jind rape caught media attention on Wednesday after a few villagers protested against police inaction and approached the SSP.

According to police, the woman in Jind, originally a resident of Dharoli village, was gang-raped around noon when she was alone at her house. Her daughter returned from school and found the house bolted from inside and heard her mother cry. She peeped inside and saw her mother surrounded by the three men. Neighbours were alerted when the girl started screaming for help but the assailants escaped. The neighbours simply went back and didn't call the cops.

Pillu Khera police said the victim came to the station that evening accompanied by her husband, a mason and gave a statement, naming two of the three youths as sons of Azad Singh, an upper caste man, and Mahavir Singh, a dalit from Dharoli. Head constable Mahender Singh said a case was registered under Section 376 (rape) of IPC and a manhunt has been launched.

Jind SSP Saurabh Singh said one of the accused Suraj Kumar, son of Mahavir Singh and Sandeep's father Azad Singh were arrested on Wednesday. Azad has been accused of sheltering his son, who is absconding.

Regarding the MMS clip made by the accused, the SSP said, "As of now, the police do not have any material evidence. Still, we are invest-igating and if we get any proof, we will slap charges." He said the victim's family has also sought police protection on Wednesday.

Seven more arrested for Hisar gangrape

Meanwhile, Haryana police on Wednesday arrested seven people in connection with a 16-year-old dalit girl's gangrape in Hisar district's Dabra village on September 9. But the main accused, Mahender, who is said to wield political clout in the region, remains on the run.

Police said the seven were arrested from Almora of Uttarakhand. "Nine accused in the case have been arrested now. Two of them were nabbed two days back. Rest of the accused will be arrested soon," said DGP Ranjiv Singh Dalal. He said that the Hisar superintendent of police had been directed to approach the district and sessions judge with a request to set up a fast track court to hear the case.
Link: Now, 30-yr-old's gangrape in Jind rocks Haryana

Sep 27, 2012: Students to help curb crime against women

TNN | Sep 27, 2012, 03.12AM IST

CHANDIGARH: Having failed to curb crime against women on all the fronts, now Chandigarh Police are planning to take the help of college students and authorities.

When asked about police plan to deal with the increasing crime against women, SP Deshraj Singh said, "We are moving from college to college in city to seek the support of the students and authorities and motivate them to give complaints to the police. In most of the criminal cases, girls hesitate to give complaints and it becomes difficult for police to act firmly." While Singh failed to reveal any comprehensive plan to deal with criminals, he said, "Once the interaction with the college students and authorities is over, a comprehensive plan will be made."

On why police failed to curb crime against women, including kidnapping, eve-teasing, among others, he said,"Earlier too we were making efforts to make the city safe for women, but now the situation has turned alarming so extra efforts are being made to curb crime against women."

In past few days, city witnessed various incidents of crime against women where the dilly-delaying attitude of the cops was exposed.
Link: Students to help curb crime against women
HT: Unite against eve-teasing, fight for your right: SSP to GCG

Sep 27, 2012: Wife, lover kill man in west Delhi

TNN | Sep 27, 2012, 01.56AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old woman and her lover were arrested for allegedly murdering her husband in west Delhi. Neetu and Mahesh were arrested on Tuesday following investigations into the disappearance of Dhruv Kumar, who was later found to be murdered, said V Renganathan, additional commissioner of police (West). 

"Mahesh, a driver and friend of the deceased, and Neetu allegedly struck a deal with his friends for Rs 50,000 to kill Dhruv," he said. Dhruv owned a scrap shop. 

Dhruv's brother reported to police that he was missing since September 18 and police received an input that Mahesh had allegedly kidnapped someone. "He was apprehended from Moti Nagar area and his questioning led to recovery of Dhruv's body. Neetu was arrested later," Renganathan said. 

Neetu got into an affair with Mahesh as her relationship with her husband was not cordial. "Mahesh's frequent visits became a bone of contention between Dhruv and his wife. Neetu wanted to get rid of Dhruv and conspired with Mahesh to kill her husband. Mahesh got his two friends Kallu and Raju to commit the crime," Renganathan said. 

On September 17, Mahesh called Dhruv on the pretext of purchasing some articles and took him to Bawana where he and his friends allegedly murdered him. 
Link: Wife, lover kill man in west Delhi

Sep 27, 2012: Suspecting infidelity, man severs wife's nose, ear

TNN | Sep 27, 2012, 03.54AM IST

BHOPAL: Suspecting wife's character, a man severed his wife's nose, an ear and pierces one eye on a moving train between Kurwai and Bhopal on Wednesday.

The woman remained critical in Hamidia Hospital here while GRP Bhopal had registered a case under sections of attempt to murder against the husband.

The police said the woman, Kaniza Bi along with her husband, Saleem and brother Iqbal was coming to Bhopal in Rajya Rani Express in the morning.

The woman had a dispute with her husband after which the latter took her to train's toilet and attacked her with a knife. Saleem first severed her nose, right ear and then pierced an eye of his wife, the police added.

The police said prima facie it appears the accused suspected his wife's character.

It is the second marriage of woman with Saleem, the police said, adding that he would often fight with his wife suspecting her character.

After the train reached the Bhopal railway station, the woman was rushed to Hamidia hospital. The accused was also detained and efforts are on to recover the knife he used in the crime, the police added.
Link: Suspecting infidelity, man severs wife's nose, ear

Sep 27, 2012: Infant raped on pavement in Kolkata, 3 detained

TNN | Sep 27, 2012, 04.38AM IST

KOLKATA: The one-and-a-half-year old daughter of a Kolkata Police's home guard was allegedly raped at Park Street in the wee hours of Wednesday.

The home guard, who was earlier a daily wage earner, got the job after he saved several lives during the Stephen Court blaze on March 23, 2010. Sources said he was on duty at the Police Training School on Tuesday night, while his wife was sleeping with her daughter on a Royd Street pavement, their regular dwelling.

According to locals, when the mother woke up at 1.30am, she didn't find her daughter beside her. She raised an alarm and informed other pavement dwellers in front of the 27 Royd Street building. Accordingly, they started searching the toddler along the pavement and adjacent areas. As the mother failed to trace the kid, she lodged a complaint with the Park Street police station at around 2.30am.

After informing police, the mother and other pavement dwellers again started a search for the kid and finally spotted her inside the compound of 29 Royd Street - hardly 25 metres from the place where they were sleeping. After finding blood stains and nail marks all over the body, they took the baby to Chittaranjan National Medical College and Hospital where doctors confirmed sexual torture on her. "There were wound marks on her private parts," said an officer. The condition of the kid started deteriorating and she was shifted to a private hospital in Park Street. Police said that the kid is still in a critical condition.

Police have registered a case under section 376 (2) F (rape of a girl aged under 12). Cops have already started interrogating other pavement dwellers, but are yet to get any clue. Other pavement dwellers confirmed that the mother slept at around 9 on Tuesday night. None could provide any clue for police. The

The police have also detained three pavement dwellers for interrogation.

A few months ago, the same Park Street witnessed a rape in a moving car, which proved how the city roads are turning unsafe at night.

Sanju Mullick, The mother of the victim in his early thirties is wife of Raju Mullick, a home guard of Kolkata Police. Raju who was a daily wage earner was awarded with the home guard job after he saved several lives during Stephen court blaze on March 23, 2010. Forty -three persons were charred to death in that blaze.

The Mullicks used to stay on the pavement - in front of 27 Royed Street - close to Park Street. On Tuesday night, Raju was on night duty at Police Training School. Sanju slept around 9 pm along with her daughter.

Around 1.30 am, when she woke up, found her daughter missing. She raised an alarm and informed other pavement dwellers. Initially they did not suspect anything wrong. They started a search along the pavement and adjacent areas but failed to find the kid. Then they informed Park Street police station around 2.30 am.
Link: Infant raped on pavement in Kolkata, 3 detained

Sep 25, 2012: Man held for raping live-in partner

TNN | Sep 25, 2012, 03.54AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old man has been arrested on the complaint of his live-in partner who has alleged that he had been raping her for the past seven years on the pretext of marrying her. 

The woman, a call centre employee who belongs to the northeast, lived with Ashwin at a rented accommodation in the Shakarpur area of east Delhi. "Around seven years ago, Ashwin met the girl in Darjeeling. They fell in love and decided to live together in Delhi. They joined the same call centre. The couple even has a four-year-old child," said a police source. 

The woman's statement says that the couple broke up for a while after which she went to Dubai along with the child. After spending a year in Dubai, she returned to Delhi and started living in the Safdarjung area. However, she patched up with Ashwin and he promised to marry her. Convinced by the promise, she moved in with him again. 

However, the woman approached the police when Ashwin refused to marry her. Her medical report confirmed rape. An FIR under Section 376 of IPC was registered against Ashwin at Shakarpur police station. 
Link: Man held for raping live-in partner

Sep 25, 2012: College girl gang-raped in Pune

IANS | Sep 25, 2012, 04.59PM IST

PUNE: In two incidents here, a minor boy was kidnapped and killed while a college girl was gang-raped by four youths over the weekend, police said here on Tuesday.

The five-year-old boy was allegedly killed by Parminder Swaran Singh, a 19-year-old catering management student and his 15-year old accomplice studying in an army managed school.

The duo kidnapped the boy on Sunday in an attempt to collect a ransom of Rs.1 lakh to buy a motorcycle.

However, when the boy tried to escape, they strangled him and dumped his body in a forested area near his home, police said. His body was found on Monday morning.

The victim was the son of a scientist couple working for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Pune Zone III Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahaji Umap said the fathers of the two youths work as security officers in the Defence Security Corps, which is entrusted with the security of the DRDO establishment here. The accused have been arrested, police said.

In another incident last Saturday, a 19-year-old college student, who had gone to a market in Haveli area with her brother, was kidnapped and repeatedly gang-raped by four men.

Police said that the brother-sister duo was waylaid at knife-point by four people near VIT College.

They dragged the girl to a secluded spot behind the college and raped her repeatedly till early Sunday morning.

The alleged rapists are still at large and a manhunt has been launched to nab them, police said.

Link: College girl gang-raped in Pune

Sep 25, 2012: Man commits suicide after strangling wife

Purusharth Aradhak, TNN | Sep 25, 2012, 01.10AM IST

GHAZIABAD: A man strangled his wife to death and then committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in Loni area in Ghaziabad. Police said prima facie it seems to be a case of property dispute. A suicide note has been recovered from the scene in which the man has held his in-laws responsible for taking the extreme step.

Police said the matter came to notice when the couple did not open the doors of their room in Anjali Vihar colony. Family members entered the room through the window and were shocked to find the couple dead. The deceased have been identified as Shamsher and Gulshama. Loni police station in-charge, Brijmohan Yadav, said a case has been registered under Section 302 of IPC.

Shamsher lived with his father Mohammed Umar, a native of Baghpat, and brother Sarfaraz.

Umar said that on Sunday late night the couple went to their room on the first floor. The family got up on Monday morning at 7am. "I called Shamsher twice from the ground floor but he did not respond. Then I went to the first floor and knocked, but no response was received. I then climbed in through the window and found Gulshama's body on the bed while Shamsher's was hanging from the ceiling fan," said Umar.

Shamsher got married to Gulshama on November 10, 2011. "Later, I fixed Sarfaraz's marriage to a girl whose family lives in Jheel Khureji in Delhi. However, Gulshama's father Hakimuddin did not see eye to eye with Sarfaraz's father-in-law due to some dispute and used to intervene in personal issues," Umar said.

"Hakimuddin wanted the entire property to be given to his daughter," Umar further alleged. Refuting this allegation, Hakimuddin said, "Shamsher's family is levelling baseless allegations and instead used to demand dowry from me."
Link: Man commits suicide after strangling wife

Sep 24, 2012: Man beats pregnant wife to death

TNN | Sep 24, 2012, 04.45AM IST

HOWRAH: A 36-year-old woman, who was seven months pregnant, bled to death even before she could be admitted to a hospital after her drunken husband allegedly beat her up mercilessly. Kakoli Ghosh was declared dead on arrival after she was taken to Howrah General Hospital on Sunday morning. Police have arrested her husband Joy Ghosh.

According to the complaint filed by Kakoli's family, Joy had returned home drunk on Saturday night. After a heated argument, Joy allegedly kicked his wife and thrashed her severely. Kakoli started bleeding and delivered a still-born baby there itself. Instead of rushing her to the hospital, Joy put the dead baby in a sack and hid it under the bed.

On Sunday morning, Joy went to his in-laws' house and informed them about Kakoli's condition. However, he refused to take her to the hospital.

"My sister bled through the night and we were told about it only in the morning. We rushed her to the hospital immediately but it was too late by then," said Kakoli's brother Raju Banerjee.

"We have started investigating the case," said Howrah police ACP Soumik Sengupta. The couple got married about 15 years ago and has two sons. Joy had quit driving auto and was allegedly into gambling.
Link: Man beats pregnant wife to death

Sep 23, 2012: Two Delhi University students raped by three men

PTI | Sep 23, 2012, 08.40PM IST

NEW DELHI: Two Delhi University students were allegedly raped by three men after being offered drinks laced with sedatives at a get-together in Alipur area of the outer district. 

Two of the accused have been arrested while the third one was absconding after the incident on Friday last, a senior police official said today. 

"The victims were students of first year and the two accused, which have been identified as Vicky and Sunil and live in the same locality, had befriended them. The accused had invited the women to their home on the pretext of a get-together," police said. 

When the women arrived they were surprised to find hat there was no one in the house except them. But they were told by the accused that the other guests would be coming soon and offered them soft drinks, which were laced with sedatives. 

After the drinks, the women felt dizzy and the accused raped them while one of their accomplice was keeping guard, the official said, adding they also threatened them not to reveal the incident but the victims told their parents after reaching their home. 

The women were sent for a medical examination and a case was registered. 

Police arrested Vicky last night but Sunil managed to escape and was arrested today, while efforts were on to nab the third accused.
Link: Two Delhi University students raped by three men

Sep 22, 2012: Man hacked to death by eve teaser for protecting daughter

PTI | Sep 22, 2012, 09.36PM IST

BATALA (PUNJAB): A man was hacked to death by a youth while trying to protect his daughter from the eve teaser in the Kot Majlis village here, police said on Saturday. 

Suman Kumar was brutally murdered by one Sabi, who also resides in Kot Majlis village under Qila Lal Singh Police Station last night, they said. 

According to police, Kumar on several occasions had asked Sabi to stop eve teasing his daughter and six months back he had brought the issue to the knowledge of village Panchayat. 

Last evening, Sabi went near the girl's house and Kumar raised an objection over the issue, police said. 

Sabi went back and returned soon after with a sharp-edged weapon, they said adding, the youth murdered Kumar with the weapon and managed to escape. 

On the complaint made by Kumar's wife Geeta, a case under various sections of IPC has been registered against Sabi.
Link: Man hacked to death by eve teaser for protecting daughter

Sep 22, 2012: Man nabbed for wife’s murder

TNN | Sep 22, 2012, 01.41AM IST

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested the husband of the pregnant woman who was gagged and strangled to death in Chhawla, southwest Delhi, on Thursday. The accused husband, Latif, had fallen in love with another woman and wanted to marry her. When the victim objected to his intentions, Latif planned to eliminate his wife, a police officer said. 

"Latif's statements were contradictory and he finally confessed to having murdered his wife. He even tried to stage the murder as a robbery gone bad," said AK Ojha, addl CP southwest. Latif and Fatima had got married in 2006 but their marital life had run into troubled waters recently. Fatima had reportedly created a scene after Latif had confessed his intention of marrying another woman. 

Latif then decided to eliminate nine-month pregnant Fatima by strangling her in sleep. After suffocating his wife to death, Latif tied himself up and threw articles across his room to suggest that his wife was murdered by unknown people during a robbery attempt. 

However, Latif's father-in-law told police that he could be behind the incident as the couple had been having frequent arguments lately. Latif tried to mislead police initially, but he finally confessed his crime.
Link: Man nabbed for wife’s murder

Sep 21, 2012: Woman raped by employer in Devli

TNN | Sep 21, 2012, 12.57AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 29-year-old woman was allegedly raped by an astrologer in the Devli area of south Delhi. The victim worked as a domestic help and the incident was reported by the victim's husband on Thursday. 

The accused, Siyaram Dube (45), is still at large and a team has been sent to Sultanpur in UP to nab him, cops said. Dube, father of four children, had rented a room at Devli and ran an astrology office. 

The accused had employed the victim six months ago to clean his office. She would visit the office twice. According to the woman, she was alone in the office at around 10am on Thursday when the accused raped her. He even threatened her with dire consequences if she reported the matter to the police. The woman initially remained tightlipped but later narrated the incident to her husband, who then contacted the police. 

"The woman's medical examination has confirmed rape. A case has been registered in this regard at the Neb Sarai police station and further probe is on. The accused will be nabbed soon,'' said a senior cop investigating the case. 

The woman is from Etawah and her husbands is a sub-contractor dealing in construction materials.
Link: Woman raped by employer in Devli