Nov 29, 2012: Honcho held for sexual harassment

By Purusharth Aradhak, TNN | Nov 29, 2012, 09.42 PM IST

NOIDA: A leading financial service company's vice president was arrested on Thursday on allegations of sexual harassment and molestation of one of his female employees.

A police team will go to the company's office on Friday to record the statement of other female employees to establish the character of the accused.

According to Gautam Budh Nagar SSP Praveen Kumar, the incident took place on Tuesday when the accused identified as G Krishnan (38) allegedly molested the victim Rekha (name changed). The victim then filed a complaint with the police. The matter was then transferred to the Mahila police station.

Police said the victim, a resident of Sector 19, has been working as a manager in the company located in Sector 125 of Noida for the past 18 months. The accused is a resident of Arun Vihar in Noida. "Two months ago, the accused had first tried to molest the victim after showing her porn videos. According to the complaint, the accused has allegedly tried to molest the victim at least thrice," said SO, Monika Chauhan.

"The accused used to call the victim in his room and while she would be standing next to him, he would open porn videos on his laptop," Chauhan said.

An FIR has been registered against the accused under Sections 294 (obscene acts and songs), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 292 of the IPC. The accused has been arrested and further legal proceedings have begun.

"We suspect that the accused may have tried to show porn videos to other female employees, so on Friday we will go to question other women employed with the company. We will also record the statement of the employees which will help us to establish the character of the accused before he is produced in court," Chauhan said.

Police said initially the victim was reluctant to file an FIR against the accused, but when women cops convinced her she decided to take the legal route.
Link: Honcho held for sexual harassment

Nov 29, 2012: Shimla teacher gets jail for raping six disabled

IANS | Nov 29, 2012, 07.10 PM IST

SHIMLA: More than three years after a teacher sexually exploited six inmates of an NGO-run school-cum-hostel for the deaf, mute and mentally challenged, a court here Thursday sentenced him to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for rape. 

Vinod Kumar was held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Virender Sharma, who acquitted three other teachers of the rehabilitation centre. 

Public Prosecutor Ashwani Dhiman told IANS that Vinod Kumar was convicted under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code. A fine of Rs.25,000 was also imposed on him. 

The case of sexual abuse of the disabled children came to light in March 2009 when police raided the centre run by NGO Prerna Welfare Association on the outskirts of the city. 

The poor victims were aged 13-21 years. Five of the six victims were hearing and speech impaired and one was mentally challenged. 

The centre, which closed after the incident, had more than 25 disabled students and got grants under the state-sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan scheme. 

"The victims neither complained to the coordinator of the NGO nor to their parents. When we went to the centre, all the six girls complained that they were being physically exploited for more than an year," Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma had said.
Link: Shimla teacher gets jail for raping six disabled

Nov 27, 2012: 20-year-old girl axed to death by another student

TNN | Nov 27, 2012, 10.13 PM IST

HISAR: A 20-year-old girl studying in Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology here was allegedly axed to death by a senior student, police said today. 

Pradeep Nain (22), a final year student of BTech in mechanical engineering in the university was arrested on the charge of murdering Gitika Mehta, a final year BTech student of computer science, last evening, police said. 

Nain was produced in a local court today and remanded to police custody for two days. 

The incident led to protests last night, with the students of the university blocking the Hisar-Delhi national highway for some time. 

The university administration today declared holiday on the campus as a precautionary measure after students protested against the administration on the campus, alleging lack of security arrangements in the premises. 

The students demanded dismissal of the vice-chancellor and the registrar of the university. 

The situation in the university was stated to be tense, but under control, police said. 

The victim, who was living in a hostel on campus, was hacked to death allegedly by Nain when she was near the shopping complex of the university last evening, police said. 

Some students and security staff who were present there caught the assailant and handed him over to the police. 

Police investigations revealed that both were close friends, but lately the girl was maintaining a distance from him and out of frustration, Nain committed the crime.
Link: 20-year-old girl axed to death by another student

Nov 27, 2012: 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by father, brother, uncle in Kerala

Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Updated: November 27, 2012 21:30 IST

Thalassery: When a 13-year-old class 8 student in Kerala's Kannur refused to go home after school and would incessantly cry, her teachers discovered a shocking tale of abuse. The child was allegedly raped over the last two years by her father, her 15-year-old brother and her uncle.

The teachers called the police and the two men have been arrested and a case of rape has been registered against them; the boy has been sent to a juvenile home. The girl is now housed at a home run by the Child Welfare committee where she will be counselled.

But tales of horror continue to emerge. The police have now found that the victim's older sister died two years ago - she allegedly committed suicide. An investigation has been opened to find out if she too was abused by the men of the house, but the cops haven't found anything suspicious so far. The child has reportedly told her teachers that the sister killed herself to escape similar abuse.

The family is poor. The girl's mother works as coolie, said KC Rosakutty, who heads the Kerala Women's Commission which is overseeing investigations in the case. She said the victim's mother claims she had no idea about the incident. Ms Rosakutty said, "It is very sad that the mother is also not coming forward and reporting the case. This shows the situation in the house. She might be afraid of her husband."

The commission has offered to take the girl under its care. Ms Rosakutty also said that it might write to the chief minister for an enquiry into the elder sister's death. Congress activist Suma Balakrishnan has also approached Home Minister T Radhakrishnan seeking a thorough probe into both the cases as well as the arrest of all those involved in the two crimes.

"This is a shocking case of two minor sisters being raped by family members. The police say the elder sister committed suicide. But this needs to be probed as no proper inquiry was done," Ms Rosakutty said. 
Link: 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by father, brother, uncle in Kerala

Nov 25, 2012: Man gets death for killing wife, 2 kids

TNN | Nov 25, 2012, 05.59 AM IST

HUBLI: A man convicted for murdering his family was sentenced to death by the second fast track court on Saturday. Fast track court magistrate R G Joshi sentenced Sanjay Chikkorade, 43, a security guard and resident of Nalband Galli in Gardenpeth, in Hubli to death. This is the first time that a fast track court in Hubli has awarded a death sentence. 

Sanjay strangled his wife, Vidya, 30, to death, and smothered his five-year-old son Tushar, 5, and two-and -half-year old daughter, Khushi, with a blanket at his residence on the midnight of November 13, 2011. 

He was arrested next by Ghantikeri police, S B Tumabagi, city special branch and investigation officer of the case, told TOI. 

J L Pawar, public prosecutor told reporters that, besides the death sentence, the court has imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000. 

Sanjay was a security guard in a private company and was an alcoholic. "We will challenge the order in the high court," S M Patil, standing counsel, for the accused said.
Link: Man gets death for killing wife, 2 kids

Nov 21, 2012: One held for allegedly trying to rape four-year-old girl

Press Trust of India | Updated: November 21, 2012 14:12 IST

Salem: One person has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a four-year-old girl, police said today.

The man, in an inebriated state, had quarreled with the girl's father last night at the latter's hotel near Salem and allegedly attempted to rape the girl, Salem SP Aswin Kotnis said.

Angry locals thrashed him and handed him over to police.
Link: One held for allegedly trying to rape four-year-old girl

Nov 22, 2012: Man jailed for molesting daughter

TNN | Nov 22, 2012, 12.56 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Relying on the testimony of the victim and her mother, a trial court has sentenced a man to one year rigorous imprisonment for sexually molesting his eight-year-old daughter. 

Metropolitan magistrate Kiran Gupta dismissed the leniency plea by the central Delhi resident Jaipal saying, "The custodian of the child is the father on whom not only rests the responsibility of building character / career and upbringing of the child but he is also a vital part of her life. If the father himself is found guilty of such a heinous offence, no mitigating circumstances can be found to reduce the sentence." 

On the night of May 18, 2011, when the child's mother had gone to the bathroom, Jaipal had sexually molested his sleeping daughter, said the prosecution. The mother had rushed back to the room on hearing her daughter's scream and saw what her husband was doing. On being caught, he had beaten up his wife and the victim and threatened to kill them if they disclosed the incident to anyone, it had added. 

Jaipal, however, claimed that his wife had implicated him in the case as she wanted some property in her name.
Link: Man jailed for molesting daughter

Nov 20, 2012: Professor arrested on molestation charges

TNN | Nov 20, 2012, 01.12 AM IST

KANPUR: A professor was arrested by Government Railway Police (GRP) on Monday on charge of molesting the married daughter of a judge posted in Kanpur, in the AC coach of 14724 Bhiwani-Delhi-Kanpur Kalindi Express. 

The victim and her husband were on way to Kanpur to see her parents from New Delhi. 

This is the second case after the recent molestation incident, in which a senior IAS officer had been accused of molesting an executive of Google India, in Lucknow Mail on October 1. 

Jai Kishan, professor of pharmacology at Major SD Singh Medical College in Fatehgarh, was accused of making indecent advances towards a woman passenger while travelling in the B-1 coach of the train. 

A resident of Mahipalpur in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, he boarded Kalindi Express in New Delhi on Sunday night. The incident occurred between Shikohabad and Mainpuri railway stations, about 265 km from Lucknow, during the wee hours on Monday. A case was filed by the woman's husband, who was travelling with her in the B-1 coach on berth no: 53 and 54, under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) with the GRP at the Farrukhabad railway station after the train reached there on Monday morning. 

An official of GRP told TOI that the woman's husband alleged in the FIR that Jai Kishan tried to outrage the modesty of his wife after the train left Shikohabad railway station. 

She raised an alarm and apprised her husband. The latter informed the train attendant and police escort team. Jai Kishan was arrested in Farrukhabad. His family members have also been informed and the accused has been sent for medical examination. He will be produced in a court after the formalities are over. 

Accused Jai Kishan had denied the incident by saying that the issue is an outcome of misunderstanding between him and the fellow traveller.
Link: Professor arrested on molestation charges

Nov 20, 2012: Youth jailed for 32 years for kidnapping and raping toddler

PTI | Nov 20, 2012, 07.20 PM IST

NEW DELHI: A youth has been sentenced to 32 years in jail by a Delhi court for kidnapping and raping a toddler after entering her house for committing a theft. 

Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau jailed 21-year-old Uday Kumar Yadav observing that he is a "predatory paedophile" and a "menace" to the society as he had not spared even a year-old child. 

The court sentenced the youth to seven years in jail for kidnapping the toddler and with life imprisonment (20 years) for raping her while imposing upon him a five-year jail term for stealing a mobile phone from the house. 

The court said all three sentences would run one after one and stipulated that the convict should not be given any remission in his sentence unless he spends an actual sentence of 20 years of life term. 

The court also praised the investigating officers who had cracked the case on the basis of electronic surveillance and forensic evidence. 

It said it would have been difficult to nab the culprit "had it not been for the excellent work done by the initial investigating officers who had cracked this case on the basis of electronic surveillance and analysis of data while the forensics (DNA finger printing) came to the aid of the investigating agencies as a handy tool later." 

"It was only then that accused Yadav could be actually cornered and the credit for the same is required to be given to this team of the investigators for the efficient use of the aforesaid investigation techniques," the court added. 

It also asked the Delhi government to pay a compensation of Rs one lakh to the family of the victim for her welfare and rehabilitation.
Link: Youth jailed for 32 years for kidnapping and raping toddler

Nov 20, 2012: Jaipur woman gang-raped by six

TNN | Nov 20, 2012, 06.25 PM IST

JAIPUR: A young married woman was allegedly raped by her acquaintance and five of his friends after he took her to a city hotel in Jaipur on pretext of giving her a lift to a nearby market.

Montu met the victim on Monday and offered her lift to the market, SHO Shastri Nagar police station, Nathu Lal, said.

However, instead of the market, she was taken to a hotel where she was gangraped by him and his friends, the SHO said.

When the victim returned home, she told her parents about the incident, after which they informed the police station, Lal said.

Montu, Sandeep and Lala were arrested on Tuesday, while Mukesh, Anoop and Makkhan are absconding, he said.

The victim was married two months ago to a man in Ajmer and she was staying at her parental house in Rana colony.
Link: Jaipur woman gang-raped by six

Nov 17, 2012: Father attacks daughter and son-in-law for marrying against his wish

By Himanshu Kaushik, TNN | Nov 17, 2012, 01.28 PM IST

AHMEDABAD: It was yet another incident where a father attacked his own daughter for entering into a love marriage. The incident took place in Dhari where a father attacked his own daughter and her husband.

According to Dhari Police Jigna Dhiru Mehta had married one Alpesh Merania before two years. The two were in love and when the family refused to marry the two, the couple ran away from Dhari and settled in Surat.

Police said after love marriage the two did not visit Dhari, but for the Diwali celebrations the two decided to visit Alpesh's uncle residence in Dhari. As the two reached Dhari, Dhiru Mehta the father of Jigna, invited the two to their place.

As the two reached, Jigna was taken out of her house along with other family members. Alpesh suspecting something fishy followed Jigna. Later the family attacked Jigna with sharp weapons and when Alpesh intervened, he was also attacked. The two were rushed to the local hospital from where they were shifted to Rajkot civil hospital. The two are serious and are battling for life.

Meanwhile Dhiru in his counter complaint claimed that Alpesh allegedly attacked him first and challenged him. This according to Dhiru was the provocation for the attack on Alpesh. The police has registered a case and was further investigating.
Link: Father attacks daughter and son-in-law for marrying against his wish

Nov 16, 2012: Jobless man jabs IV needle into mom-in-law’s neck in hospital

By Sumitra Deb Roy, TNN | Nov 16, 2012, 02.03 AM IST

MUMBAI: A 29-year-old man was arrested by the Vile Parle police on Tuesday for attempting to murder his mother-in-law by stabbing her five times in the neck with an intravenous fluid (IV) needle. Gaurav Manjrekar, the accused, was upset with the victim, Kalpana Achrekar, for allegedly instigating her daughter to obtain a divorce from him. 

Manjrekar had tied the knot with Achrekar's daughter in December 2010. He stayed near Parleshwar society in Vile Parle (East) and was employed with a private firm at Bandra-Kurla Complex. But in July this year, he lost his job. He accused Achrekar (55) of creating a rift between him and his wife and using his jobless status to instigate her to obtain a divorce. 

Achrekar is a resident of Dikshit Road, also in Vile Parle (East). She was suffering from chicken pox and tuberculosis and admitted to the intensive care unit of Nityanand Nursing Home on November 8. 

On November 9, Manjrekar and his wife went to visit Achrekar at the hospital around 9am. The wife then left for her office while he left for home. Around 10.30am, Manjrekar returned to the hospital and entered Achrekar's room. He stabbed her with an IV needle in her throat five times. "She was not fully conscious when the attack took place but she did recollect that it was her son-in-law who was trying to kill her," a hospital staffer told TOI. "It's the first time in the history of the hospital that there's been an attempt to kill a patient inside the premises." 

Achrekar fell unconscious after the attack. Manjrekar, while leaving the premises, told the hospital staff that Achrekar had tried to throttle herself. Accordingly, on November 9, the Vile Parle police registered a case of 'attempt to commit suicide' against Achrekar. However, when she regained consciousness on November 13, Achrekar narrated the facts to the police. Manjrekar was then arrested on charges of 'attempt to commit murder' under Section 307 of Indian Penal Code. He was remanded to police custody for two weeks by a metropolitan court on Wednesday. 

Achrekar was shifted to Bhabha Hospital in Bandra two days after the attack when her condition improved. Manjrekar's father Ashok told the police his son was undergoing mental health treatment and joblessness had left him frustrated. Achrekar's family alleged Manjrekar previously tried to kill his wife and daughter.
Link: Jobless man jabs IV needle into mom-in-law’s neck in hospital

Nov 16, 2012: Man held for raping 13-year-old

TNN | Nov 16, 2012, 06.09 AM IST

ROHTAK: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Nangla village of Jhajjar district on Tuesday. The accused, Govind alias Gopi, 24, called the girl to his house on Tuesday afternoon and raped her.

The police said the accused threatened the girl, a student of Class V, not to disclose the incident before letting her go. However, in evening, when her family returned home, they found her behaving oddly. After much cajoling, the child revealed the incident to them.

Dulina police post in charge Satya Narayan said the girl's parents informed the police after which cops nabbed the accused, who is a truck driver from nearby village on Tuesday night.

The girl was taken to the civil hospital for medical examination where sexual assault was confirmed by the doctor. Police have registered a case under sections 376 (rape), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) against the accused.
Link: Man held for raping 13-year-old

Nov 14, 2012: Woman Inspector, SI suspended for failure to book rape case

PTI | Nov 14, 2012, 07.53 PM IST

SALEM (TN): A woman police inspector and sub-inspector were today suspended for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 10,000 to register a case on the recent rape of a minor girl allegedly by an auto driver here. 

City Police Commissioner K.C.Mahalee told today that he has ordered the suspension of inspector Jayam and sub-inspector Ramana of the all-Women police station following an inquiry. According to the Commissioner, the 13-year old girl was allegedly raped by autodriver Elumalai late last month. 

When the girl's mother approached the all-women police station to lodge a complaint, the Inspector and the SI refused to register an FIR and demanded Rs 10,000. 

After the woman informed higher police officials, the girl was sent for medical examination which confirmed she was raped. A case was registered three days after the incident on October 20 and the accused arrested.
Link: Woman Inspector, SI suspended for failure to book rape case

Nov 13, 2012: Girl gang-raped near Bangladesh border

TNN | Nov 13, 2012, 03.20 AM IST

KOLKATA: A 15-year-old girl from Bangladesh was allegedly gang-raped near the India-Bangladesh border at Basirhat's Swarupnagar area in North 24-Parganas. Police said the culprits had already been identified and raids were on to nab them. However, no one was arrested till the last report came in.

Two years back, the girl had come to her elder sister's house at Basirhat's Matia area. On Saturday night, she was returning back with her sister and few other relatives in a car. After reaching the border area, the car had stopped as it could not go further for security reasons.

Suddenly, five youths came at the spot in a car and dragged the girl out of the car. Her relatives tried to resist but failed to stop the goons. The attackers shoved the girl into their car and drove away.

They took her to an abandoned house nearby, gang-raped her and dumped her at the place. She was later rescued by the locals, who then admitted her to the Basirhat sub-divisional hospital. A complaint was later lodged at the Swarupnagar police station.

On Monday, members of the Paschimbanga Mahila Ganatantrik Samity staged an agitation in Barasat to protest against the incident. The girl's medical test was also conducted.
Link: Girl gang-raped near Bangladesh border

Nov 13, 2012: Woman raped in cotton fields of Haryana, 2 held

TNN | Nov 13, 2012, 04.30 AM IST

SIRSA: Yet another case of rape has come to light in Haryana as police on Monday registered a case for the rape of a 35-year-old married woman in a village in the district.

Police have booked one Virender Singh for raping the woman and slapped charges of conspiracy against Jagmit Singh.

The victim, a resident of Kuttabad village, in her complaint to police, has stated that she had gone to pluck cotton from the fields when she was overpowered by the duo and raped by Virender Singh on Sunday evening as Jagmit stood guard.

The accused fled the spot after committing the crime. When she reached home, the victim narrated the incident to her husband Satnam Singh, who in turn informed the village sarpanch. The sarpanch then informed police about the matter.
Link: Woman raped in cotton fields of Haryana, 2 held

Nov 13, 2012: Priest arrested for outraging modesty of minor girl

TNN | Nov 13, 2012, 06.33 AM IST

JAIPUR: The city police have arrested a temple priest for allegedly outraging the modesty of a 6-year-old girl. The priest used to display licentious behaviour in front of the girl whenever she used to visit the temple situated in the Brahmpuri area.

According to the police, the girl, who stays at Indira colony in Brahmpuri area, was a regular to the nearby temple Hanuman temple. For the past few days, the priest, Sohan Lal (35), was showing vulgar gestures in front of the girl. He took the girl inside the temple on the pretext of some puja and molested her Saturday. The victim's mother said in a complaint that the priest forcibly kissed the girl.

"After the official complaint given by the mother, we arrested the accused for allegedly outraging the modesty of the girl. A case under Section 354 (outraging modesty) has also been lodged against him," said Ashok Chauhan, circle inspector, Brahmpuri police station.

Officers added that the priest was known to the victim's family.

After the arrest, the police was trying to find out if there were other complaints against the priest.
Link: Priest arrested for outraging modesty of minor girl

Nov 12, 2012: Man held for setting wife on fire

TNN | Nov 12, 2012, 04.22AM IST

MUMBAI: A 35-year-old man was booked by the Virar police on Saturday for setting his wife ablaze reportedly for not getting him money from her parents to buy a motorcycle. The woman, Durgadevi Yadav (25), is currently admitted to Bhagwati Hospital in Borivli with 75% burns. 

A truck driver, Ramji Yadav is an alcoholic. His wife told the police that he would return home drunk and assault her. "Durgadevi also refused to give in to Ramji's demands for money for a bike," a police officer said. 

Around 4.30am on Saturday, they had another fight over the bike and Ramji opened a can of diesel and emptied it on his wife before striking a match to it, said the police. Residents of the area put out the fire and took her to hospital. 

Ramji was arrested but got hospitalized, complained of a leg injury. "We have booked him for attempt to commit murder and cruelty to spouse," an officer said. 
Link: Man held for setting wife on fire

Nov 11, 2012: Slapping woman sub-inspector lands hubby in jail

PTI | Nov 11, 2012, 04.11PM IST

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: A husband of a woman sub-inspector has been arrested for allegedly slapping and injuring her, police said today. 

Police said Muthuselvan (34) had slapped his wife Anitha Arockiamary, an SI working in the anti-landgrabbing cases wing, because she scolded his sister who jocularly asked her daughter to take money from her grand-father's pocket. 

Police said there was a heated exchange between his sister and Anitha,and later the former had complained to Muthuselvan. 

Anitha was admitted to hospital and on a complaint from her, police arrested Muthuselvan. 

He was remanded to judicial custody today. Muthuselvan had married her when he was a constable. He is not working in the police department now. 
Link:Slapping woman sub-inspector lands hubby in jail

Nov 11, 2012: Youth gets life term for raping 5-year-old girl

PTI | Nov 11, 2012, 11.41AM IST

NEW DELHI: A youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for kidnapping and raping a five-year-old girl and then throwing her into a canal after trying to strangle her to death and burning her hair. 

Additional sessions Judge Kamini Lau also directed the Delhi government to pay Rs one lakh as compensation to the victim for her rehabilitation saying the convict had committed a "ghastly" and "barbaric" crime and has given her a life-long trauma. 

According to the prosecution, 25-year-old Shree Bhagwan had lured the minor in February this year to a secluded place on pretext of giving fruits and raped her there, after which he tried to strangulate her and burnt her hair and threw her in an over 15-feet-deep canal. 

The girl was saved by a passerby, Sonu, who saw her clinging to plants on the canal's bank to save herself from falling. 

Noticing the accused loitering near the canal in a suspicious manner, Sonu got him nabbed with help of others, and had him handed over to the police, who then lodged a case. 

Refusing to show any leniency to the convict, the court said, "What worse the child could have faced? Having done all this, how can the convict now claim leniency? Any mercy shown to him under the given circumstances would be misplaced. Crime against children shakes the conscious of the society and sentencing is required to be stern." 

"It was by sheer providence, her timely rescue by a good samaritan Sonu and the immediate medical aid provided to her that the child survived," the court said. 

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict saying, if realized, Rs 50,000 should be given to the victim. 
Link: Youth gets life term for raping 5-year-old girl

Nov 11, 2012: Dalit gang-raped outside court complex

TNN | Nov 11, 2012, 07.13AM IST

SHIMLA: A dalit woman from Churah tehsil of Chamba district was gang-raped by five youths, including a minor, on Thursday night in Chamba town while she was heading towards a hospital for treatment.

According to police, the victim was overpowered by the accused neat the court complex before being raped. Hearing her cries, a police patrolling party rescued her from the clutches of the accused. While four accused managed to flee from the spot under the cover of darkness, one was arrested. A case was registered against all five accused on the complaint of the victim.

Thursday's incident has again exposed vulnerability of women in Himachal Pradesh. On an average, over 140 women are being subjected to rape in the hill state every year. Many feel that the number could be more as in many cases the victims and their family members prefer to keep silent fearing social stigma. While in 2011, the state had registered 131 cases of rape, this year till now 147 cases have already been registered.

In the last 10 years, 1,459 rape cases have been registered in Himachal. The state government earlier this year approved a support scheme for rape victims that would entail monetary aid and related help like provision for shelter, counseling, medical aid, legal assistance, education and vocational training.
Link: Dalit gang-raped outside court complex

Nov 11, 2012: Woman abandons newborn girl in hospital

TNN | Nov 11, 2012, 07.15AM IST

PANIPAT: A newborn baby girl was abandoned by her mother, who sneaked out of the civil hospital here on Saturday morning. The hospital authorities informed the police and referred the 10-day-old girl to the PGIMS at Rohtak for treatment.

According to information, a pregnant woman was taken to the hospital by some persons on October 31, who was found wandering at the railway station. The woman was said to be suffering labour pains when she was brought to the hospital where she gave birth to a premature baby girl.

Dr Bhupesh Chaudhary, deputy civil surgeon at the civil hospital told the TOI that the woman left the hospital on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday and the hospital staff found the girl alone on the bed.

"We have informed the police and also referred the girl to the PGIMS at Rohtak. The medical staff and cops have taken the girl to Rohtak for further treatment," he informed, adding that it seemed that the woman was mentally unsound. "The police have started investigation and search for the missing woman", he said.
Link: Woman abandons newborn girl in hospital

Nov 11, 2012: Neighbour rapes woman in moving car

Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Nov 11, 2012, 01.01AM IST

NEW DELHI: A woman who firmly repelled the advances of a neighbourhood troublemaker over a year was abducted and raped by him on Friday evening. Although police denied the woman was gang-raped, the reported circumstances of the case have raised doubts. 

The entire abduction-and-rape outrage occurred within a 3km radius of Naya Bans in outer Delhi. The case is especially shocking as the woman was assaulted in a moving Alto car early in the evening when Delhi and NCR witnessed the first Diwali rush. 

Police said the 20-year-old was returning from a friend's house, hardly 150m from her own, when she was pulled inside the car by her neighbour, Raju. Three of his friends were reportedly in the car at the time. 

"The main accused, Raju, forced her inside the Alto and told his friends to drive around. The trio, Rinku, Ashu and Sunny, sat in the front seats while Raju sexually assaulted the woman on the rear seat. All this time, the car moved within a 3km radius around Holambi Kalan, Naya Bans and Shahbad Dairy in outer Delhi. The men dumped her near her house at 5.30pm, and she called up the police at 5.32pm," said an officer investigating the case. However, the idea of three adults sharing the front seats of an Alto and driving unnoticed stretches the imagination. 

While the woman's medical examination has confirmed rape, so far only one of the accused, Ashu, has been arrested. The Shahbad Dairy police have registered a case of rape and kidnapping and are looking for the three other men. Police teams across the city have been alerted about the Alto used in the crime. However, its ownership details have not been confirmed. 

Sources said Raju had been pursuing the woman for a year and had started threatening her not to spurn him since last month. He allegedly called her up on Thursday night as well. But police say the family kept quiet about the harassment. 

All the accused are residents of Holambi Kalan and Naya Bans and are aged around 20 years. "They are dropouts and jobless," said the investigating officer. He, however, insisted only Raju had raped the woman. "It was not a case of gang rape,'' he said. 

The case has once again highlighted Delhi's poor record on women's safety with an average of 2.8 rapes reported per lakh population. Sociologists say it also points to the collapse of the community framework as the offenders in this case were the victim's neighbours. 
Link: Neighbour rapes woman in moving car

Nov 11, 2012: Woman groped, assaulted in busy market area

Pratibha Masand, TNN | Nov 11, 2012, 01.02AM IST

MUMBAI: A 25-year-old woman was abused, slapped and manhandled in public after she yelled at a reportedly drunk man who had groped her in a crowded market area. 

A resident of Antop Hill, the woman was on her way to King's Circle station at 9pm on Wednesday, when three men, who were allegedly drunk and are aged between 21 and 25, passed her by. One of them touched her inappropriately. When she shouted at the man, he turned back and started hurling abuses at her. 

"I then hit him with my handbag. At this, the man slapped me a couple of times, pushed me down and pulled me by my hair. One of his friends joined him in beating me up," said the woman who works at a call center in Malad and was going to her office for the night shift. 

A group of passersby tried to catch hold of the men, but two of them ran away. The crowd then thrashed the third man. "This man had neither touched me nor abused me. But as he was with the two who had misbehaved with me, the crowd beat him up. He also complained his wallet and gold chain were stolen," the woman told TOI. 

By this time, someone from the crowd informed the police. After roughing up the man, the crowd tried to dissuade the woman from taking him to the police station. "But I wanted the offenders to be punished. While I was dragging the man to the police station, I spotted a police jeep," she said. 

The police took the woman and the man to Antop Hill police station and took down her complaint. They grilled the man and picked up the other two. But the woman refused to leave, saying the two men had "manhandled her and slapped her and that it was only fair that she is allowed to slap them". "The police agreed. I slapped the men and told them that the next time they think about touching a woman, the sound of my slap will ring in their ears," the woman told TOI.
Link: Woman groped, assaulted in busy market area

Nov 10, 2012: Chief minister blames girlfriends, cellphones for accidents

Press Trust of India | Updated: November 10, 2012 23:39 IST

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today kicked up a controversy when he blamed "girlfriends, bikes and mobile phones" for the rising cases of road accidents in the state.

Speaking at a seminar on 'Road Safety' at a medical institute, he expressed concern over rising number of youths dying in road mishaps.

"If there is a good motorcycle, a good mobile and a good girlfriend then accidents are bound to happen," the chief minister said.

He said nearly 55 to 60 per cent road accident victims are youth. "It's a common sight to see youngsters driving two-wheelers while talking on cellphones which often leads to accidents. 

Youths should avoid such habits," Singh said. 

He lamented that while people are ready to spend thousands of rupees to buy motorcycles but are reluctant to purchase helmets which cost just a few hundred rupees.

Opposition Congress was quick to condemn Singh's remarks terming them as a ploy to divert attention from government's failure to curb road accidents.

Leader of Opposition in Assembly Ravindra Chaube said bad roads and corruption in transport department are main reasons for fatalities on road.
Link: Chief minister blames girlfriends, cellphones for accidents

Nov 10, 2012: 17-yr-old girl gang-raped by BSP MLA's son, two others

PTI | Nov 10, 2012, 02.56PM IST

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by three persons, including a BSP MLA's son, police said on Saturday.

The FIR, based on the complaint of the victim, was registered yesterday at a police station here against Naeem, son of BSP MLA Maulana Jameel Ahmad; Nauman, brother-in-law of the MLA and a third unidentified person.

According to the FIR, the minor was recently abducted by the trio from Basaira village and was taken to a nearby jungle where she was gang-raped by them.

The accused had threatened to kill her if she revealed of the incident to anyone, police said.

The trio have been charged under Sections 376 (punishment for rape), 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC.

Ahmed has denied the charges against his son and brother-in-law, saying it was a "political conspiracy" against him and they have been falsely implicated.

The girl has been sent for medical examination, police said, adding that none of the accused have been arrested.
Link: 17-yr-old girl gang-raped by BSP MLA's son, two others

Nov 10, 2012: 14-year-old boy allegedly rapes 9-year-old girl

PTI | Nov 10, 2012, 06.46PM IST

JAJPUR (ODISHA): A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy at a village in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said today. 

The accused, a class VIII student was arrested yesterday for allegedly raping the minor girl studying in class IV at Dandaghati village on Thursday evening, they said. 

The girl who had gone out to play with friends was taken by Kulu Pradhan on pretext of giving her chocolates, they said. 

The boy later raped her in an abandoned house in the village, police said, quoting the FIR filed by the girl's father yesterday. 

"On being informed we arrested the accused after registering a case against him," said Atulya Krishna Das, inspector-in-charge of Jenapur police station. 

The accused was forwarded to the court which sent him to juvenile home, police added.
Link: 14-year-old boy allegedly rapes 9-year-old girl