Mar 31, 2013: Youth attacks girl with axe in one-sided love

Yagnesh Mehta, TNN | Mar 31, 2013, 06.57 PM IST
SURAT: Going violent in one-sided love for a college student a youth injured a girl and her sister using an axe in Bilimora of Navsaridistrict. The victims suffered severe injuries on thigh and hand in the attack and were rushed to hospital.

Resident of Mendhar village of Navsari, the 23 year old victim had gone to her college in Bilimora town. She had gone to college with her younger sister and both were studying in third year Bachelor of Arts. The sisters were coming out of college campus after finishing their exam when the accused Divyesh Chaudhary of Vyara came close to them. 

Chaudhary was carrying an axe in his hand and wanted to talk with the victim but she refused. Agitated over the refusal Chaudhary attacked the victim using the axe and injured her on thigh. Her younger sister also sustained injury while attempting to stop Chaudhary. 

The victim got married to a youth in Bilimora town around a month ago and had continued studies. Her husband had come to pick her up and was waiting outside the campus. Those present at the spot stopped Chaudhary and handed over him to police. The victims were admitted to hospital for treatment. 
Link: Youth attacks girl with axe in one-sided love

Mar 31, 2013: Wife killed for offering Khichdi on Holi day, husband gets seven-year jail

Yagnesh Mehta, TNN | Mar 31, 2013, 06.49 PM IST

SURAT: Shankar Rathod, a resident of Orna village in Surat, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by court of additional sessions judge for murdering his wife in March 2012. The culprit murdered his wife as she offered khichdi and vegetable in lunch on Holi festival. 

Charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder proved against Rathod. In addition to seven years jail term Rathod is fined Rs 5000 cash and additional six months jail if fails to pay the fine amount. The court categorised the crime as culpable homicide not amounting to murder since it was an act done in aggression and not with intention. 

Rathod's minor daughter was witness in the case and she confirmed that his mother was beaten to death by his father. After celebrating Holi in the village the Rathod family were taking lunch at their residence when the victim Sangita, wife of Rathod, offered khichdi and vegetable. Rathod asked Sangita that why she cooked khichdi on festival day and not some special dish. It started argument between the couple and Rathod started beating Sangita. 

Since the tussle continued Rathod took his axe and hit Sangita resulting severe injuries. She was rushed to the hospital where she was declared brought dead. Her uncle Chhitu Rathod lodged a compliant in Kamrej police station against Rathod.

Link: Wife killed for offering Khichdi on Holi day, husband gets seven-year jail

Mar 29, 2013: Woman bleeds to death after husband thrashes her

TNN | Mar 29, 2013, 04.16 AM IST

INDORE: In an act of savagery, a man killed his wife by inserting a stick in her private parts. The incident took place in Dabana village in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. 

Angry over not getting Rs 500 to buy liquor to celebrate Holi with his friend, the accused, Suresh Koli, 40, a daily wager killed his wife Suman Bai, 35, as she refused to give money that was saved for their two children's education. 

Suresh, in a fit of rage, first trashed his wife with a big stick and then crossing all limits of barbarity inserted the stick into her private parts. 

On seeing Suman bleeding profusely, Suresh, fled from the spot, leaving the two children behind to cry for help. 

"The children of accused reported the matter to us. When we reached the spot, Suman had succumbed to deep wounds. A case of murder was registered against Suresh and a manhunt launched to nab him," Thikri police station in charge Umed Singh Borana said on Thursday.
Link: Woman bleeds to death after husband thrashes her

Mar 28, 2013: Couple tries to sell wife's minor sister

TNN | Mar 28, 2013, 01.35 AM IST

MUMBAI: A couple was arrested for allegedly trying to sell the wife's 12-year-old sister for Rs 70,000.

Following a tip-off, a special squad, formed by additional commissioner of police Vishwas Nangre-Patil and led by encounter specialist Daya Nayak, arrested Mohammad Darzi and his wife Samina accepting an advance of Rs 5,000 outside Andheri (W) railway station on Monday. Mohammad Idreshi, 22, who was the couple's agent, has also been arrested.

On March 24, members of the NGO, Indian Rescue Nation, posing as businessmen from south India scouting for teenaged girls, got in touch with Idreshi. While Idreshi contacted Darzi and Samina, the NGO tipped off the police and helped them set a trap.

The couple brought the 12-year-old girl to Mumbai from her hometown in West Bengal. Samina lied to her parents that she would admit her sister in a school in Mumbai and also find her a job.

"Around 9pm on Monday, the NGO members met Idreshi outside Andheri station. Idreshi showed them a picture of Samina's sister. After they okayed the 'deal', Idreshi demanded an advance of Rs 5,000," a police officer said. Idreshi even advised the "clients" to take the girl to Pune as it was less risky there compared to Mumbai.

When Darzi and Samina brought the girl at 11.45pm, the police arrested them. Darzi, Samina and Idreshi were booked for kidnapping and selling the girl for prostitution. They have been remanded in police custody till April 4.
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Mar 28, 2013: Youth rapes 3-year-old on Holi

TNN | Mar 28, 2013, 01.42 AM IST
THANE: A 24-year-old youth was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl, who stays in his neighbourhood at Kopri in Thane. Around 11.30am, the accused, Upendra Singh alias Chotu, went to the child's home and told her parents that he was taking her to some Holi celebrations. He took the child to an isolated place where he allegedly raped her, said the police. The victim has been sent for medical test.
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Mar 26, 2013: Three get 10-year jail for gang rape

TNN | Mar 26, 2013, 07.03 AM IST

HYDERABAD: A local court on Monday convicted three auto drivers for gang-rape of a 23-year-old B Ed student near Shamirpet in 2011, and awarded them 10-year jail term for the offence.

The II additional district sessions court at the Rangareddy court complex in LB Nagar on Monday sentenced auto drivers B Sai Kumar, Mohammed Ghouse, both from Tumkunta, and B Krishna of Shamirpet to 10-year imprisonment for raping the student in Majidpur near Shamirpet.

On May 4, 2011, at about 10 pm, the victim, then a B Ed first year student of a college in Secunderabad, got into a city bus near the Secunderabad railway station to reach her home at Aliyabad village near Shamirpet. However, as the bus was going on some other route, the victim disembarked at Thumkunta, nearly seven kilometres away from Aliyabad.

As she was waiting at the Thumkunta bus stand, the trio came in an auto and lured the victim to board the vehicle by saying that it was the last vehicle she could find to reach home.

After the victim got into their vehicle, they took her into the forest near Majidpur and took turns to rape the hapless girl. After the perpetrating the brutality, they abandoned the victim and fled.

The victim, with her clothes torn and injured badly, managed to reach the Rajiv Rahdari (Karimnagar-Ramagundam road) on foot and waited there for help. With the assistance of a passerby, she managed to contact her parents and police.

After a detailed probe, the Shamirpet police had filed a chargesheet against five persons, including the trio. However, the court convicted only the three and acquitted the rest.
Link: Three get 10-year jail for gang rape

Mar 26, 2013: Man hacks to death unmarried pregnant lover

TNN | Mar 26, 2013, 07.06 AM IST

TIRUNELVELI: In a gruesome incident, a 24-year-old unmarried pregnant woman was allegedly murdered by her 26-year-old lover on Sunday evening near Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli district.

The deceased was identified as Thangarevathi, 24, daughter of Balakrishnan of Moolaikaraipatti, near Nanguneri. Sivanthipatti police registered a case and arrested Madasamy, 26, son of Arumugam of Alangulam at Sivanthipatti near Palayamkottai in connection with the murder.

Police said that Thangarevathi was nine months pregnant at the time of the incident. Madasamy, her lover took her to Kallurani, a secluded place near MG Nagar near Palayamkottai, where he mercilessly attacked her using a sickle which he carried with him. Thangarevathi sustained multiple injuries and died on the spot. The murder took place in the evening when no one was around. Madasamy buried the body at the same place. Later, he surrendered to the police.

Police, who are conducting the investigation are yet to exhume the body. Although it is said that Thangarevathi was nine months pregnant, it would be confirmed only after autopsy, which would be conducted after recovering her body on Tuesday, police said.

Police said that Thangarevathi and Madasamy were in love for years together. Madasamy was a mason by profession, whereas Thangarevathi had completed 10th standard and was working in a textile showroom. Thangarevathi's family learnt about the love affair after she became pregnant. Both the families did not approve the love affair since they belonged to different castes. Thangarevathi came out from her house recently due to a dispute and was staying in a hostel near Sivanthipatti, police added.

Vijayendra Bidari, Superintendent of police, Tirunelveli district said, "Thangarevathi had asked him money to visit the hospital for a pregnancy-related complication. There was some problem over money between them. Madasamy with an intention to murder her took her to a secluded placed and committed the crime. Further details would be revealed during the due course of the investigation and after the body of Thangarevathi is exhumed," he said.
Link: Man hacks to death unmarried pregnant lover

Mar 26, 2013: Woman gang-raped in Amritsar, then thrown out of moving car

Vikram Chowdhary, Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Updated: March 26, 2013 08:44 IST

Amritsar: A 20-year-old woman in Amritsar has alleged that she was raped by four men in a moving car last night. The alleged attackers played loud music on the car stereo as they drove around the city for four hours, allegedly taking turns to rape the young woman, the police said. 

The woman was returning home from work last night when two men forced her into the car near a bus stop, she said in her complaint to the police. Two other men got into the car a little later. 

After raping her, the men threw her out of the car near the city's Cantonment area, she said. She was taken to hospital, where she is said to be in stable condition.

The police say they have identified two of her alleged attackers and expect to make arrests soon. 
Link: Woman gang-raped in Amritsar, then thrown out of moving car

Mar 26, 2013: ​Stalker stabs 14-year-old in the neck

TNN | Mar 26, 2013, 05.10 AM IST
BANGALORE: A minor girl was attacked by a 22-year-old stalker off Bull Temple Road on Monday afternoon. He stabbed the 14-year-old girl in the neck with an unidentified sharp metallic object. 

Admitted to Shekar Hospital nearby, the girl is said to be out of danger. The attacker, Santosh, is a habitual offender, police said. He was caught by passersby and thrashed before police took him into custody. He was charged with an attempt to murder case.

Police said it was a love affair that went awry. But the girl's family insisted their ward was not involved with Santosh, a resident of Lakshmipura, near Gavipuram Guttahalli. They said Santosh's stalking had forced them to take her out of school.
Link: ​Stalker stabs 14-year-old in the neck

Mar 26, 2013: Minor girl foils school teacher's molestation bid

Press Trust of India | Updated: March 26, 2013 20:35 IST

Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh: A government primary school teacher allegedly tried to molest a class III student of his school on its premises near Shajapur, police said on Tuesday.

However, the bid of the accused, identified as Babulal, to molest the girl inside the classroom on Monday could not come off as she raised an alarm, they said.

According to police, Babulal, posted as a Jan Shikshak with a government primary school, located 20 km from Shajapur, allegedly lured the girl to an empty classroom when the mid-day meal was being served to the rest of the students.

However, the girl cried out for help, following which Babulal panicked and fled. He was chased by villagers who thrashed him before handing him over to police.

Taking serious note of the incident, Shajapur Collector, Pramod Gupta, on Tuesday placed Babulal under suspension. 

Police have registered a case against him.
Link: Minor girl foils school teacher's molestation bid

Mar 25, 2013: Man held for murdering lover

TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 02.43 AM IST

COIMBATORE: A 25-year-old man has been arrested for drowning a woman with whom he had a relationship to death in theVannanthurai stream near Vanjipalayam in Tirupur district on Saturday night.

The accused has been identified as P Deva alias Tamilselvan, a native of Pudukkottai district. He was employed at a garment factory at Tirupur and resided with his mother in a rented house at Saradha Nagar, Tirupur city.

The deceased has been identified as Pushpa, 28, daughter of Ponraj, a native of Theni district and was residing in a rented house at Saradha Nagar in Tirupur. She was working as a tailor at a garment factory.

Police said, Pushpa and Deva had been in love for the past one year. Promising to marry her, he had intimate relations with her. When she became pregnant, Deva told Pushpa that they could not get married and he began avoiding her. When Pushpa continued to pursue him, he said that since he was three years younger than her, his mother would not accept the marriage. However, Pushpa was unwilling to give up.

On Saturday around 8 pm, Deva told Pushpa that he wanted to meet with her at Vannanthurai stream near Vanjipalayam. When they met at the agreed upon spot, a verbal quarrel ensured between them. Deva attacked her head with a stone and later he drowned her to death.

Deva returned home and confessed the murder to his friends who advised him to surrender before Anupparpalayam police station. The police recovered the body and sent it to Tirupur government hospital for postmortem.

A case was registered against Deva under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and the police arrested Deva who has been lodged in Coimbatore central prison.
Link: Man held for murdering lover

Mar 25, 2013: 19-yr-old girl rescued from red-light area

TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 02.08 AM IST

BHOPAL: A 19-year-old girl, an alleged victim of trafficking and pushed into flesh trade, was reportedly rescued by police from a red light area in Shivpuri district on Sunday.

Sub-divisional police officer Sanjay Agarwal said, "We have rescued the girl and arrested a woman Laung Bai, 50, who pushed the girl into flesh trade from Bajaria area of the district."

The woman has been booked under immoral traffic (prevention) Act and other relevant norms, he said.

The girl is a resident of Pathor village and was brought by someone on pretext of providing job, but was sold to the woman, Agarwal said.

"A case was registered," he added.

Police launched a drive to put a check on illegal activities in the red light area of the district, said sources. In past couple of days, more than a dozen people were arrested from the area in police raids, sources added.

Link: 19-yr-old girl rescued from red-light area

Mar 25, 2013: 45-yr-old woman raped in Sehore

TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 01.58 AM IST

BHOPAL: A 45-year-old married woman was raped when she was cooking meals at her home in MudlaKalan village of the district in Sehore district on Saturday night. The victim was alone in the house at the time of incident, police said.

Accused Shami Ullah, 48, barged into her house and raped the woman, added sources. The accused, resident of the same village, was arrested on Sunday.

Mandi police station in charge Surya Kant Awasthi said, "The incident was reported late in the night at around 12.30 am after the victim's husband returned."
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Mar 25, 2013: Trafficked girl rescued, goes home after 3 years

Prerna Sodhi, TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 04.34 AM IST

NEW DELHI: She doesn't look a day above 17 years. So it comes as a shock when a painfully thin three-year-old tugs at her blouse and calls her "ma" . It turns out that Savita (name changed) is about 20 years old — though she isn't certain about her exact age or even birth date. In her young life, she has already been traded to live with strange men thrice, and borne two sons, aged three and one, respectively. 

Sitting listlessly in a shelter in Delhi, she struggles to manage her loosely draped sari and her kids. There is little hope left in her — she has already experienced far more than she should have at her age. "I was taken from my parents' home in their absence and brought to Delhi byKaalu Sheikh who had raped me," she said in a voice totally devoid of emotion. 

Savita was then taken to Bharatpur, Rajasthan, and sold for Rs 10,000. "Initially I was asked to live with a man called Bachu. I protested and got beaten up. Then he got me married to his elder brother Binod Jatu," she added. Jatu is the father of the two children. 

Rescued by the anti-human trafficking unit, CID, West Bengal; Bharatpur police and Shaktivahini, an NGO, she is returning to her village in Bardhaman after three years. Savita's experiences have changed her a great deal. She has become quieter than ever. "Before I was taken to Rajasthan, I used to wear a frock. There I was told to wear a sari," she said. "I taught myself to wear one." 

Cops say Savita is one of the rare cases where a missing person is traced and rescued from the trafficking nexus. "Her rescue became imperative after the Calcutta high court directives in March that had asked for this girl to be produced before it. Investigations were transferred to us from the district police," said Sarbari Bhattacharjee, officer in charge, trafficking unit. 

It was her parent's relentless effort that got the machinery moving. Savita's parents gave a vital clue when they said a neighbour might be involved. 

"We had to reopen the case in the trial court. Earlier , the district police had filed a closure report," said Bhattacharjee. 

She added: "Usually there is no information on where the minor is taken and by whom. Less than 1% are rescued and restored to their families." 

According to the government data, 19,524 minors went missing in Kolkata in 2011, of which only 7,227 were traced. Of the untraced , 8,725 were women. Most of the missing persons end up in the "prostitution, forced marriages or begging rackets", said Rishikant from Shaktivahini. 

Even as Savita waits for her train back to Bardhaman , she finds herself torn between motherhood and childhood and is unclear as to what the future holds for her.
Link: Trafficked girl rescued, goes home after 3 years

Mar 25, 2013: Woman attacked, set ablaze in Naroda

TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 02.39 AM IST

AHMEDABAD: A 50-year-old woman was set ablaze by her neighbours when she protested an alleged eve-teasing incident involving her daughter-in-law.

The victim, Madhu Dantania, who stays at Garib Awas Yojna in Naroda, has registered an attempt to murder complaint at the Naroda police station in this regard. The incident took place on Saturday. "Dantania's daughter-in-law had gone out for shopping. When she returned home she told her mother-in-law that their neighbor Kamlesh Yadav, 40, had misbehaved with her," said a Naroda police official investigating the case.

Angered by this Dantania confronted her Yadav. However, matters took a violent turn. "Yadav, his wife and two sons ganged up on Dantania, doused her with kerosene and set her ablaze. The family members then fled from their home," said the official.

Hearing the commotion, Dantania's neighbors rushed to help her. They doused the flames and rushed her to the civil hospital. "She has sustained 70% burn injuries," the official added. Later, cops recorded her statement and filed a complaint of attempt to murder against Yadav and his three family members.
Link: Woman attacked, set ablaze in Naroda

Mar 25, 2013: Student 'molested' in Kolkata college

Mar 25, 2013, 05.48 AM IST

KOLKATA: A Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) leader allegedly molested a second-year student and her friend at SA Jaipuria College in north Kolkata on Saturday.

The accused, Sudip Saha, a third year BCom student of the college, was arrested after a complaint by the victim's father. But he was released on bail on Sunday afternoon, despite being booked under non-bailable sections.

While TMCP leaders of the college said the victim was trying to frame Saha, TMCP state president Shankudeb Ponda said "the law will take its own course".

According to the complaint lodged by the victim's father, Saha, the cultural secretary of the Trinamool dominated students' union, had been disturbing his daughter for quite some time now. But the victim did not respond.

On Saturday evening, the victim was chatting with a friend inside the college premises when Saha allegedly passed lewd comments at the girl. When her friend protested, an altercation broke out between him and Saha following which the TMCP leader dragged the duo to the principal, the complaint stated.

Saha reportedly told the principal that the girl and her friend were seen in a compromising position after which the principal ordered them to call their parents.

The moment the duo left the principal's office, Saha and his associates, who were waiting outside, assaulted them and also molested the girl, said the victim's father in the complaint.

The girl's father rushed to the college on being informed of the assault and took his injured daughter to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for treatment. A complaint was later lodged at Shyampukur police station following which a case of assault and molestation under Section 354 D of the amended law was initiated. Saha was arrested late on Saturday and released on bail the next day.

The victim's father blamed police for not opposing the bail of the accused.

TMCP leaders, however, had a different story to tell. "We have conducted an internal probe. We found that the college principal had sent Sudip to call the girl since he had found her in a compromising position with a friend. The principal has also informed the same to police in writing. The girl is now cooking up a story against Saha to get rid of the punishment from the college authorities," said a TMCP leader of the college.

TMCP state president Shankudeb Ponda steered clear of the controversy. "It's not a political matter. It's entirely an internal matter of a college. It's true that the name of our leader has been cropped up. Law will take its own course and we will not interfere," he said.
Link: Student 'molested' in Kolkata college

Mar 25, 2013: Four of family booked for dowry death

TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 06.27 AM IST

MANSA (PUNJAB): Mansa police has booked four members of a family for the death of newly married woman under mysterious circumstances. The family members of dead girl, Sandeep Kaur, have alleged that her in-laws used to harass her for dowry and that it had disturbed her enough to commit suicide.

Police has booked Sandeep's husband Sher Singh, mother-in-law Lachho Kaur and two sisters-in-law.

Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Sangat Kalan village in Bathinda district, told police that he had married off his daughter to Sher Singh of Mansa five months ago back and her in-laws harassed her for dowry. "Only recently had I gone to Mansa to leave my daughter at her in-laws place, as they had sent her packing to my place after beating her up," he said and added that Sandeep had visited them on Sunday. "In the morning, we came to know that the previous night her in-laws beat her up and, disturbed over it, she committed suicide," he said.

Mansa DSP Sulakhan Singh said a case has been registered against Sher Singh, his mother and two sisters on the complaint of Sandeep's mother Sarabjit Kaur.
Link: Four of family booked for dowry death

Mar 25, 2013: Man stabs fiancee for 'cheating'

TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 03.04 AM IST

HYDERABAD: Enraged by his fiancee marrying her lover, a transport supervisor with software MNC stabbed the woman, in broad daylight in front of her husband, in Kandukur on Sunday morning.

The victim, identified as Saroja, 21, and a nurse at a private hospital in Hayatnagar, was engaged to her 23-year-old relative Raju on February 6, a transport supervisor with Deloitte Company in Madhapur. After the engagement, the two went and for wedding shopping and Raju even bought her gold jewellery and saris. He even gave his debit card to Saroja, Kandukur inspector S Chakrapani said.

However, without intimating either Raju or his family, Saroja married her long-time friend, Prabhakar, a medical store worker from Kandukur, at a local temple on March 22. Raju was left shocked with this unexpected incident.

On Sunday morning, Raju saw Saroja standing with her husband at a bus stop in Kandukur. Raju became furious when he noticed that Saroja was wearing a sari, which he bought her after the engagement. "He immediately picked up a knife from a cobbler sitting nearby and stabbed Saroja twice in the back and chest," the inspector said.

According to the police, as soon as Raju began stabbing his wife, Prabhakar fled from the spot. Raju also tried to run away from the area, but police personnel posted at a nearby junction managed to pin him down, the inspector said.

Saroja was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital and her condition was said to be stable. Based on a complaint lodged by the victim, police have booked a case against Raju under section 307 (Attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Link: Man stabs fiancee for 'cheating'

Mar 24, 2013: Bargirl killed, police launch manhunt

PTI | Mar 24, 2013, 09.55 PM IST

MUMBAI: The Mumbai police have launched a manhunt to trace a person who allegedly killed a 21-year-old bar girl by strangulating her.

According to police, they got information from a hospital's casualty department this morning that a girl with visible strangulation marks had died during treatment. 

The police said that Sunita, a resident of MAHADA colony in Tardeo in Central Mumbai, was staying with her live-in partner, Radheye. 

Her neighbours found that Sunita, a bar girl by profession, was unconscious and took her to the Nair hospital where she was declared dead. 

"When we inspected her body, we found that she was strangled using a rope," said a police official adding that Radheye was missing from the place. 

"We suspect that Sunita was killed due to some domestic fight with Radheyeand were looking for him," he said.
Link: Bargirl killed, police launch manhunt

Mar 24, 2013: Man sets wife on fire for leaving home

Bipin Chand Agarwal, TNN | Mar 24, 2013, 12.04 PM IST

BAHRAICH: A man set his wife on fire after she went to her mother's house without informing him. 

The woman was admitted at the district hospital but succumbed to her injuries during the treatment. 

The husband was later caught by the villagers and handed over to the police. 

Sahban, resident of Karijot, married Ali Ahmad's daughter, Ameerul (20), resident of Matera Bazar under Nanpara kotwali, four years ago. According to Ali Ahmad, the couple were having differences and Ameerul wanted to leave her husband. 

Ameerul left for her father's place without informing her husband and when Sahban got to know about it, he went after her to bring her back. Upon reaching there, Sahban started shouting at her and they both went to the roof where, in a fit of rage, Sahban allegedly set her on fire. Her parents rushed to help her but by the time they could extinguish the fire, she was charred.
Link: Man sets wife on fire for leaving home

Mar 24, 2013: Haryana man thrashes woman wrestler, held

TNN | Mar 24, 2013, 05.25 AM IST

BHIWANI: A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly thrashing a former international woman wrestler in Haryana's Bhiwani town. 

Police said Dharambir Singh allegedly assaulted Poonam Bamal (27) after she slapped him for misbehaving with her after hitting her with his motorcycle while she was on her way to a local `akhara' for practice on Friday evening. 

Singh was arrested as some passersby intervened, overpowered and handed him over to police. 

Bhiwani Civil Lines police station SHO Devender Kumar said police have registered a case on the wrestler's complaint and booked Singh under Indian Penal Code's sections 294 (obscene act) and 506 (criminal intimidation). 

The wrester, who had finished fourth in the World Senior Wrestling Championship held in Budapest (Hungary) in 2005, now coaches budding wrestlers.
Link: Haryana man thrashes woman wrestler, held

Mar 24, 2013: 25-year-old Jain sadhvi abducted, stripped in MP

TNN | Mar 24, 2013, 05.23 AM IST

BHOPAL: A 25-year-old Jain sadhvi was battling for her life days after two youth stripped and assaulted her at Mow in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district.

Reports said the sadhvi was sleeping on her house's terrace when the two — Pradeep Yadav and Ashok — abducted her on Wednesday. They took her to Ashok's house, where she was stripped and thrashed with canes. The two later left her outside her house in an unconscious condition.

Police did not register a case against them when the sadhvi's father approached them a day later.

The accused were booked and Ashok was arrested on Friday after the local Jain community protested.

Naib tehsildar Shubrata Tripathi said the victim was being treated in Gwalior and had sustained serious injuries.

It was not immediately known what prompted the attack.
Link: 25-year-old Jain sadhvi abducted, stripped in MP

Mar 24, 2013: Minor gang-raped, in critical condition

Press Trust of India | Updated: March 24, 2013 15:16 IST

Ghaziabad: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men in the wee hours this morning at her home in Hindon Vihar area here.

The victim had woken up to go to the washroom when the three accused, who lived with her and her family in a shared accommodation, gangraped her, police said.

The girl was admitted to hospital in critical condition, they said.

One of the accused, Sher Mohammed, was arrested, while the other two Shadab and Sahib, who are Sher's nephews, are absconding, they said.

Family members of the girl have alleged that the accused also tried to kill the victim by strangling her, police said.

A case under IPC section 307 (attempt to murder) and 376 (punishment for rape) was registered against the three accused, SP (City) Shiv Shankar Yadav said. 
Link: Ghaziabad: Minor gang-raped, in critical condition

Mar 24, 2013: Minor tribal girl gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh

Press Trust of India | Updated: March 24, 2013 21:26 IST

Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh: A 14-year-old tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped by four tribals, including three minors, in Singora village in Chhattarpur in Madhya Pradesh, police said today.

The incident took place last night when the victim, who was alone in her house, Rajnagar police station in-charge OS Chandel told reporters.

Her parents reported the matter to the police after which the accused were arrested.
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Mar 24, 2013: Married woman raped by neighbour in Faridabad

PTI | Mar 24, 2013, 06.01 PM IST

FARIDABAD: A married woman has alleged that she was repeatedly raped by her neighbor for over a period of ten months, police said today. 

A case of rape has been registered against Dinesh (35) based on the complaint filed by the victim at the Nangla Enclave police station here, they said. 

In the complaint, the victim has alleged that Dinesh took advantage of her being alone at home when her husband and three children went for work and school respectively and repeatedly raped her for over a period of ten months. 

The victim did not tell about her ordeal to anyone during this time as she had been threatened by the accused that he will kill her and her family, police said. 

The woman, however, gathered courage recently and narrated her ordeal to her husband. 

A case has been registered and the matter is being probed into, police said.
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Mar 24, 2013: Engineering student allegedly throws chemical at girlfriend for refusing physical advances

Press Trust of India | Updated: March 24, 2013 23:17 IST

Visakhapatnam: An 18-year-old girl escaped with minor injuries after her boyfriend allegedly poured a chemical, suspected to be acid, on her after she refused his sexual advances.

Though the incident took place at an isolated spot under Bheemunipatnam police station area on Saturday night, it came to light today after she lodged a police complaint.

P Ganesh, a first year BTech student and the girl, a native of Narasanapeta area in Srikakulam district had eloped from their homes to get married against their parent's wishes and reached Bheemunipatnam area in the city on Saturday evening, police said.

The girl told the police that her boyfriend Ganesh had attempted to rape her at a lonely spot in Bheemunipatnam on Saturday night, after she refused his sexual advances.

When she tried to escape, Ganesh allegedly threw a chemical, suspected to be acid, on her.

The injured girl was rescued by toddy tappers in the area and sheltered at a house last night, after which she informed the matter to her parents and lodged a police complaint against Ganesh today.

A team has been formed to trace the accused, while the girl was shifted to the King George Hospital for medical tests and treatment.

The police said that Ganesh wanted to rape the girl and came prepared with a bottle of chemical, suspected to be acid.
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