Feb 22, 2013: Minor girl tries to end life after rape in Bavla

TNN | Feb 22, 2013, 04.24 AM IST

AHMEDABAD: A 13-year-old girl who was raped by a man with the help of his wife tried to commit suicide at her home in Bavla. On Thursday, the minor poured kerosene and set herself ablaze.

The girl was rushed to the VS Hospital for treatment, where her condition is critical.

Her parents told the police that the girl was abducted by the couple on Wednesday morning. "Jyotsna (name changed), 13, had been to the duo earlier for errands. As per the complaint, the girl was with the couple from 12.30 am to 7 pm. During that period, accused Ravi Thakor and his wife Asha took her to the outskirts of the village where Ravi raped her. We are yet to examine how the entire incident took place," said a Bavla police official.

After the complaint, Jyotsna was taken for a medical check-up where the rape was confirmed.

Investigators said that she was upset after the incident and could not bring herself to accept the situation. On Thursday afternoon, when she was at home, she poured kerosene on self and immolated self in the kitchen. Her parents rescued her and rushed her to the hospital. "We have rounded up the accused couple and questioning is on to know more details," said the official.
Link: Minor girl tries to end life after rape in Bavla

Feb 22, 2013: Youth throws acid on girl, commits suicide

PTI/UNI | Feb 22, 2013, 01.08 PM IST

BIJNOR: Irked over his fiancee's engagement to some other man, a youth first threw acid on her and later allegedly committed suicide in Nai Basti area, police said here. 

The girl Shalini and the youth Naveen got engaged in May last year. Both of them used to work together at a mobile centre, they said. 

However, the girl's mother later changed her mind and Shalini was engaged to another youth. 

Agitated with this, Naveen reached her house last evening and threw acid on her face and feet, before allegedly consuming poison. 

The family members of the girl rushed them to the district hospital from where they were referred to Meerut, but Naveen died on the way. 

At the district hospital, Naveen told police that the youth to whom Shalini was re-engaged was present at her house at that time and he made Naveen drink a soft drink containing poison. 

Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar said the matter was being investigated.
Link: Youth throws acid on girl, commits suicide

Feb 22, 2013: IIM Indore faculty member alleges sexual harassment by senior

ByAshish Gaur, TNN | Feb 22, 2013, 10.43 AM IST

INDORE: An alleged case of sexual harassment has been reported in the premier Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-I) where one of the woman faculty member has levelled charges of sexual harassment against her senior.

The complainant and accused both are from the marketing faculty of the institute. According to sources, a meeting was held on Thursday in this regard. The complaint was made to the director of the institute N.Ravichandran, highly placed sources said.

Having failed to get any affirmative action from the director, the faculty has raised the issue with the chairman of the institute K.V Kamath and directly approached the sexual harassment committee.
Link: IIM Indore faculty member alleges sexual harassment by senior

Feb 20, 2013: Girl jumps out of autorickshaw to escape molester, injured

PTI | Feb 20, 2013, 05.59 PM IST

HYDERABAD: A 22-year-old girl was injured as she jumped out of a moving autorickshaw after a man allegedly tried to molest her here, police said today. 

The girl, working as a software engineer, hired a shared autorickshaw to Ameerpet from Madhapur hi-tech city at around 7.45 PM yesterday, a senior police official of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate said. 

While three-four of the co-passengers got off at their destinations on way, a man seated with her tried to hold her hand when the vehicle was near Gachibowly. The autorickshaw driver also took another direction instead of proceeding towards Ameerpet, he said. 

Realising that something was amiss, the girl jumped out of the autorickshaw and sent an SMS to her friend, who alerted police, the official said. 

A passerby, who found the girl lying on the road near Gachibowly, took her to a nearby hospital and he too called the police. 

The girl suffered head injuries and was admitted to a hospital, he said. 

She was today shifted to a corporate hospital where her condition was stated to be out of danger, the official said, adding that a case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the man and the autorickshaw driver.
Link: Girl jumps out of autorickshaw to escape molester, injured

Feb 20, 2013: Mysore doctor booked for abusing minor rape victim

ByLawrence Milton, TNN | Feb 20, 2013, 07.21 PM IST
MYSORE: A doctor attached to Cheluvamba hospital for allegedly misbehaving with a minor rape victim and woman constable when they had gone for medical tests.

Devaraj sub division ACP Shashikumar said Devaraja police have booked Dr Manjunath under IPC sections 354 (Outrage modesty of woman) and 504 (Intentional insult to intent to provoke breach of peace) following a complaint by the rape victim. We are investigating it.

When a woman constable from Vidyaranyapuram along with 15-year-old rape victim visited the hospital on the night of Tuesday, the duty doctor Manjunath reportedly ill-treated both the victim and woman cop. He also refused to do a medical test on the victim. Then senior police officers intervened and facilitated the test by woman medical practitioner.

Krishna Raja subdivision ACP A N Prakash Gowda told TOI that a girl from Janatha Nagar, a school student, was sexually abused by an auto driver Raju of Nachanahalli Palya over a period of three days. He had picked up the girl from her school on Friday and he left her home only on Monday. After her parents, who had filed missing complaint, told police about the incident, a case of rape was registered against Raju on Tuesday.

A doctor at Cheluvamba hospital has abused the minor victim and woman cop when they had gone for a test, the ACP Explained.
Link: Mysore doctor booked for abusing minor rape victim

Feb 18, 2013: Woman gang-raped by four men, filmed

PTI | Feb 18, 2013, 12.34 PM IST

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four persons, who also made a video clip of her, in Sikri village under Bhopa police station in the district, police said here today. 

The victim has alleged in her complaint that the accused entered her house when her husband was not there and raped her at gun point yesterday evening, said Kalpana Saxena, SP Crime. 

The four accused who have been identified as Naushad, Pravaiz, Kamal Hasan and Nazar are absconding, she said. 

The victim said that accused also made a video clip of the incident, police said. 

The victim has been sent for medical examination and investigation is on, they said. 

In another incident, a 28-year-old widow was raped allegedly by her brother-in-law at Bhaderi village in the district, police said here today. 

The victim's husband had died five years ago and she was living with her in-laws. 

The victim has been sent for medical examination, police said.
Link: Woman gang-raped by four men, filmed

Feb 18, 2013: Man raped girl on promise of marriage, gets 10-year jail

TNN | Feb 18, 2013, 03.15 AM IST

NEW DELHI: A man was sentenced to 10 years in jail by a fast-track court for raping a girl on the false promise of marriage and leaving her after she became pregnant. 

The court said that after maintaining physical relations with the Muslim girl for over two years, Deepak Dogra refused to marry her. Moreover, to save himself from legal punishment, he went through "farce of marriage ceremony" despite knowing that it was neither lawful nor valid. 

ASJ Nivedita Anil Sharma said that it is clear from the girl's evidence that a 'farce' marriage was conducted in a temple where the couple exchanged garlands and Deepak put vermilion on the girl's head knowing fully well that he is a Hindu and the girl a Muslim. Even after being told by a priest that the marriage can not be performed in that temple, Deepak still went ahead with the ceremony. 

The 20-year-old girl was awarded a compensation of Rs 1 lakh under the Delhi Victims Compensation Scheme. The court imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on Mubarakpur- resident Deepak stating that if realized, the amount should be given to the victim as compensation. 

According to the prosecution, the girl had lodged a complaint against Deepak in October 2010 alleging that he had raped her several times in a factory and at her house after promising her marriage. But after she became pregnant, Deepak refused to marry her and even asked her to abort the child. When the girl approached police, Deepak told the cops that they were married and produced the photographs as proof. But the court said, "...Deepak is a Hindu and the girl is a Muslim. The two could not have married unless one of them converted to the religion of the other, or they got married under the Special Marriage Act." 

Deepak was held guilty for raping and fraudulently performing the marriage ceremony. Regarding the girl's consent in having physical relations with the accused, the judge said that it was clear from her evidence that Deepak developed physical relations with her on the promise of marrying her. 

The woman alleged that she was raped many times at her home and in a factory, but he left her when she became pregnant.
Link: Man raped girl on promise of marriage, gets 10-year jail

Feb 18, 2013: Agriculture department top official arrested for molestation bid

TNN | Feb 18, 2013, 06.11 AM IST

VARANASI: The Bhelupur police on Sunday took one Vinod Kumar Rai under custody for allegedly trying to molest a maidservant at his apartment in Birdopur area. Rai is stated to be posted in Jhansi as deputy director in agriculture department.

The families dwelling in apartment alleged that Vinod had been trying to molest the maidservant for past many days after, which she made the complaint. The police had also been called at the same apartment when Rai reached there in a blue beaconed vehicle and blew siren for long time. Police had removed the beacon and siren from his vehicle.
Link: Agriculture department top official arrested for molestation bid

Feb 17, 2013: 75-year-old priest held for molesting minors

By Soumittra S Bose, TNN | Feb 17, 2013, 02.09 AM IST

NAGPUR: A 75-year-old priest was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two girls aged 5 and 7 on Friday. A group of agitated women from Hazaripahad stormed the Gittikhadan police station on Saturday and demanded stern action against the accused Babulal Dwivedi. 

The matter came to fore after one of Dwivedi's neighbours — the wife of a tailor whose shop is located across the temple — observed him sexually abusing one of the girls on February 8. 

Four days later, on February 12, the stunned woman informed about the incident to a teacher of the school where the victim girls study. The teacher urged the 7-year-old victim to call her mother to the school and informed her about the incident. The student too corroborated what the eyewitness said. 

The mother returned to the locality and spoke to the tailor's wife. The eyewitness also informed the aggrieved woman about another girl being victimized by Dwivedi. 

The women initially approached a temple trustee over the issue but he — as the agitated women claim — tried to hush up the episode. 

Priest sought alms from women 

Babulal Dwivedi, temple priest, has been arrested after charges of sexually abusing minor girls were leveled against him. A temple trustee first tried to cover up the matter. 

A group of irate women, along with some social workers of the area, then approached Gittikhadan police, who immediately rounded up Dwivedi. 

It is learnt that Dwivedi would approach the girls waiting for school bus in front of the temple. 

"On the day of incident, my daughter reached bus stop early," mother of the 7-year-old victim said. "The priest called her inside the temple on the pretext of giving her prasad. He then misbehaved with my daughter. She did not reveal fearing consequences," she claimed. 

The mother of 5-year-old victim acknowledged that her daughter too was sexually abused by Dwivedi. "We want stringent punishment for the priest," she said. 

Apart from the abused girls' mothers, some other women too came forth with complaints against Dwivedi. They alleged that Dwivedi used to deliberately visit seeking alms from women. "Such misconduct is not expected of a priest," said an elderly woman who had come to the police station to register her protest. 

Former mayor and BJP corporator Mayatai Iwnate said that police should have charged the priest with rape. 

Gittikhadan police station's senior police inspector CM Bahadure said that medical examinations of the girls do not suggest rape.
Link: 75-year-old priest held for molesting minors

Feb 16, 2013: Teen rapes 1-year-old neighbour in Delhi

TNN | Feb 16, 2013, 12.09 AM IST

NEW DELHI: A one-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by her 15-year-old neighbour in Uttam Nagar, west Delhi. The accused, a Class X student of a government school, is absconding.

Police said the incident took place on late Wednesday evening when the victim's father, who works with a private company, was not at home and her mother was in another room. The accused barged into her house and sexually assaulted her.

"The incident came to light when the victim started crying which alerted her mother. But by the time she came into the room, the accused had fled," a senior police officer said.

A case has been registered under Protection of Children from Sexual offences (POCSO) Act atUttam Nagar police station.

Link: Teen rapes 1-year-old neighbour in Delhi

Feb 15, 2013: Woman made to dip hand in boiling oil

TNN | Feb 15, 2013, 04.01 AM IST

RAJKOT: A 20-year-old woman was forced to dip her hand in boiling oil by members of husband's family to prove her innocence with regards to a missing gold ornament in Ravaliyavagar village in Dhrangdhra taluka of Surendranagar district. 

Three persons have been arrested in the case. 

Sources said the incident took place two days back when family members leveled allegations of theft against Rasila Vaghela. Those arrested have been identified as her father-in- law Tapu Vaghela, Lalji Vaghela and Bhikha Vaghela.
Link: Woman made to dip hand in boiling oil

Feb 13, 2013: Three-year-old critical after rape in Bhilwara

TNN | Feb 13, 2013, 03.24 AM IST

AJMER: A three-year-old girl belonging to a nomadic community is battling for life in a hospital after being raped by a youth in Bhilwaraon Monday night. The accused abducted the girl when she was sleeping with her mother in a tent. He had seriously injured the girl by chewing her lips and other parts of the body. She is admitted to Ajmer's JLN hospital in serious condition. The accused was later arrested. The incident created tension in Bhilwara with many demanding that he be hanged for the crime.

According to Sadar police in Bhilwara, a few gypsies had made a stop in Kotu Kota area and were living there in a group. "Last night when they were asleep in their tent, one Asaram (20), who resides nearby, came silently and picked up a three-and-a-half year old girl and took her to a nearby jungle. He brought the baby back and kept her silently in the same place," said Man Singh, assistant sub inspector.

When the child cried, family woke up and found her in a pool of blood, "Her lips were cut and there were scars of bite on her whole body," said Singh. The child was rushed to hospital from where she was referred to JLN hospital, where her condition is described as critical.

Meanwhile, police arrested Asaram after preliminary inquiry. "He admitted to his crime and we have arrested him," said Singh. Meanwhile, the incident created ripples in the area as groups of people came out on the streets demanding that the accused be hanged.
Link: Three-year-old critical after rape in Bhilwara

Feb 15, 2013: Man raped daughter for months, held

TNN | Feb 15, 2013, 02.50 AM IST

JAIPUR: The Bharatpur police on Thursday arrested the father of a Class 8 student of a government school for allegedly raping her for months. 

The plight of the 14-year-old girl did not end here as her father also invited some of his friends who allegedly molested her. 

The curtains over the crime were lifted after the girl broke her silence and narrated the whole incident to her principal. 

The principal informed the police and the culprit was arrested. 

Victim narrated incident to school principal, investigation on 

The veil over the crime was lifted after the girl broke her silence and narrated the whole incident to her school principal. The principal informed the police and after the intervention of Bharatpur collector, the culprit was arrested. 

According to the police, the girl was found crying in her classroom on Tuesday and later wished to meet the principal. 

"She narrated her plight before the principal. Late on Tuesday night, the principal came to me and sought intervention in the matter. I brought it to the notice of senior police officers and asked police to investigate it in a manner that the father may not get any hint on the developments. After thorough investigation, including medical examination and statements of the girl, the accused was arrested on Thursday," said Gyan Prakash Shukla, district collector, Bharatpur. 

"I have also asked police and school authorities to maintain secrecy in handling the matter to ensure the safety of the girl. Senior police officers of additional SP rank are investigating the case," Shukla added. 

According to police, the girl was terrified but was told to freely record her statements in the presence of women constables in plainclothes. 

"We also took her for medical examination and have recorded her statements. She alleged that the father was continuously raping her and at some occasions had also invited his friends at home who did unpleasant things to her. Her father's friends were booked under Section 354 (outraging the modesty of woman)," said Anand Srivastav, Inspector General of police, Bharatpur range. 

Considering the sensitivity of the matter, security has been provided to the girl. "We have given her important phone numbers of the policemen to call up in case of emergency and our men in plainclothes will ensure her safety," said a senior police officer. 

The prime accused has been arrested under Section 376 of IPC and a hunt has been launched to nab other persons in this connection. 
Link: Man raped daughter for months, held

Feb 15, 2013: 6-year-old raped, brutalized

TNN | Feb 15, 2013, 08.46 AM IST

NEW DELHI: A six-year-old girl from Gurgaon was abducted, raped and brutalized on Sunday in reviving Kapashera, southwest Delhi. 

The girl is admitted in Safdarjung Hospital with severe injuries to her private parts and lower intestinal region, and has undergone a few surgeries. 

The girl was found on the roadside near Kapashera border around 10pm, said a police officer. A motorist found her lying in a pool of blood and crying. He informed the police, who rushed her to the hospital. 

She was critical when she was brought in, said Dr B D Athani, the medical superintendent of the hospital. "Her intestines have been partially damaged, while her genitals had major injuries that required emergency reparative surgery," Athani said. 

As her medical examination confirmed rape, a case was registered under IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. A joint probe by Delhi and Gurgaon police began, but there were no leads initially. 

Fortunately, someone from the girl's family identified her. Cops then got to know that she had gone missing while playing outside her house around 7pm on Sunday. The family had looked around for her without any luck. They had then approached local police around 8pm and registered a missing complaint. 

The probe so far has revealed that the girl was last seen with a man in his early twenties who was taking her towards Dhundahera village near Gurgaon. 

The cops are now trying to trace the person on the basis of his description given by the witness. 

Police have been unable to record the girl's statement so far and are planning to seek an NGO's help to find out more about the case. 

A source, though, said that going by the circumstantial evidence, it appears that the accused maybe someone the girl knew. He has also cited the possibility of more than one person raping her. 

The probe team is being led by SHO Mukesh Wali, while additional commissioner of police A K Ojha is in overall charge of the case. 

Heinous Attacks 

* 19-year-old injured while resisting a rape attempt at her Lajpat Nagar home on Feb 4, 2013. 

* Accused puts a rod inside her mouth 23-year-old 'Nirbhaya' admitted to Safdarjung Hospital after being subjected to extreme brutalities during a gang rape in a moving bus in Vasant Vihar on Dec 16. 

* 11-year-old gang-rape victim from Sikar, Rajasthan, who went through similar brutalities on Aug 20, recuperates at AIIMS after she underwent more than a dozen surgeries for reconstruction of vagina and rectum. 

* 18-year-old girl gang-raped by four men and stabbed to death inside LNJP Hospital in 2012. 

* 21-year-old woman gang-raped by two men and stangled in Nehru Place in 2012 2-year-old Falak dies in March 2012 of injuries allegedly inflicted by her foster mother.
Link: 6-year-old raped, brutalized

Feb 13, 2013: 5-year-old found murdered, eyes gouged out

TNN | Feb 13, 2013, 04.47 AM IST

BANGALORE: A five-year-old girl was found murdered with gruesome injuries all over her body, including her private parts, at a construction site in Madiwala on Tuesday. The child's right eye had been gouged out. The elder daughter of a domestic help who had separated from her husband, the girl was last seen playing outside her grandmother's residence near Rotary Nagar, Kodichikkanahalli, Madiwala, south-east Bangalore, on Monday evening. 

On returning from work, the mother found that her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter was at home, and the elder one was missing. The woman and her two children used to stay with the mother. 

She and the grandmother searched the neighborhood and then an autorickshaw fitted with a public address system went around the area looking for the girl. Police suspect this act of public announcement proved fatal for the child as the kidnapper feared he might be identified if the girl got away from his captivity. 

Madiwala police joined the search party and asked the mother to file a complaint. The mother reportedly said she would do so the next morning. 

On Tuesday morning, walkers found the girl's body in a mud heap next to an under-construction apartment, about 700m from the child's house. The mother, along with the police, identified the body. "There were bruises on her body. There was a deep injury in the right eye and the eyeball had popped out. The swollen neck indicated she had been strangled," investigating officials said. 

The victim's grandmother told the police that she usually picked up the girl every evening from a nearby anganawadi where she was in Class I. "I brought her home on Monday evening and went out for work. I returned home in the night and was told by my daughter that the child was missing," the grandmother, who also works as a domestic help, she said. 

According to the victim's aunt, the girl never entertained strangers or accepted chocolates from anyone. "She was not fond of junk food or chocolates. Some known person has kidnapped her," she said. 

The victim's parents separated a year ago. The woman and her two daughters shifted to her mother's house in Bangalore. The victim's father stayed back in Malavalli, Mandya, where he is a small farmer and a two-wheeler mechanic, family sources said.
Link: 5-year-old found murdered, eyes gouged out

Feb 13, 2013: Torture whiff in homemaker's death

TNN | Feb 13, 2013, 05.03 AM IST

HOWRAH: A housewife was allegedly beaten and burnt to death at her in-laws' home in Howrah's Shyampur late on Monday night. The husband, father and brother-in-law of victim Moumita Jana, 20, were arrested after they took her body to the Shyampur health centre, claiming she had tried to commit suicide by burning herself. Doctors declared Moumita 'brought dead' while they and attendants at the health centre suspected the woman had actually been murdered and asked Moumita's husband Debashish Jana, father-in-law Madan and brother-in-law Ashish to wait inside a room at the health centre. The doctors informed Shyampur police station that lies a good distance away. While it took police some time to reach the hospital, news of Moumita's death reached her paternal home in Rameswar village, close to Komolpur where the health centre is located.

People from Rameswar village came rushing to the hospital. Police too reached the hospital by then. The crowd demanded that police hand over the trio to them. When police refused to do so, the crowd turned furious and allegedly began hurling bricks at the health centre, damaging its front portion. The crowd alleged that police resorted to a lathicharge in which three villagers were injured. Police, however, denied there was any lathicharge and said five policemen were injured in the brickbatting. The combat force was deployed to retore order in the area that turned tense. Police have detained seven villagers for the violence.

Moumita's body was sent for postmortem and police took the trio to Shyampur police station. Moumita's father Nishikanta Maity lodged a complaint at the police station. On the basis of the complaint, the trio were taken into custody.

Moumita's aunt Maya later said her niece had an arranged marriage with Debashish in Deuli village, near Rameswar, a year and half ago. She alleged that soon after the marriage, Moumita's in-laws' began torturing her. Maya alleged Moumita soon realised her husband had an extra-marital affair. "When my niece protested against her husband's affair, she was tortured by him and her in-laws. The torture did not end there. Moumita's in-laws' began demanding dowry from her. Moumita's father Nishikanta works in a sweet shop and is too poor to meet their dowry demand. When Moumita failed to get dowry from her parents, her in-laws' mounted further torture on her."

SDPO Uluberia Shyamal Samanta said they have arrested three accused and detained seven in the mob who resorted to violence.
Link: Torture whiff in homemaker's death

Feb 13, 2013: Woman molested, pushed off auto in Barasat

By Sanjib Chakraborty, TNN | Feb 13, 2013, 05.05 AM IST

BARASAT: A 32-year-old woman was allegedly molested and pushed-off a moving auto by a youth at Barbaria in Barasat on Tuesday evening. Though the woman has lodged a complaint, but police are yet to arrest the duo who has gone into hiding.

The assault occurred around 8.30pm while the woman was on her way back home. The victim, who works at a diagnostic centre in Helabortala, said that she boarded an auto from Neelganj Road to reach Sainik Nagar. Soon as she got into the vehicle, the driver speeded up. When the woman asked why he wasn't waiting for more passengers, the driver allegedly misbehaved with her and refused an answer. But on reaching Salbagan, the driver stopped and a youth boarded the auto. The victim alleged she was continuously harassed by the youth. When her protests did not yield result, she slapped the molester. This angered him and he pushed her off the auto at Barbaria. The woman has sustained some injuries severe cut marks on her waist. "We have received a complaint and raids are on to nab the culprits," said police.

The woman was injured and has received severe cut marks in her waist. The accused along with the auto driver is on the run as police has started an investigation after the woman lodged a complaint at Barasat police station.

The incident occurred around 8:30pm when the woman boarded an auto near a diagnostic center at Barasat Helabortola where she works as a manager. She was going to her residence at Barasat Sainik Nagar along Barasat Neelganj Road. The driver of the auto allegedly started his auto without any other passenger. When she asked him why he did not take any other passenger, the driver refused an answer. He misbehaved and refused to give any reason. After travelling half kilometer from the next stop at Salbagan, a youth boarded the auto.

Later the man on the back seat beside the woman started harassing her. When she protested, the youth molested the woman repeatedly. She screamed for help from the moving auto. The driver immediately increased the speed of his vehicle. She was then forced to slap the youth. Soon, the youth pushed her off the auto at Barbaria. The two then fled with the auto.

The locals found the woman being thrown out of the auto and rushed to her rescue. She was rushed to the Barasat hospital and later discharged after treatment. She went to the Barasat police station and lodged a complaint against the duo.

The woman alleged that recently she was being harassed over the past few days on her way to home from her job. On Tuesday, the incident has left her feeling insecure and traumatised.

The manager of the diagnostic center in which she works, Rajat Subhra Ghosh alleged that often local youths are noticed to be hanging around the diagnostic center. He further alleged that they try to harass the women visiting the center. He demanded immediate arrest of the miscreants.

A senior police official said, "we have received a complaint and the raids are on to nab the culprits."
Link: Woman molested, pushed off auto in Barasat

Feb 12, 2013: Acid attack victim succumbs after battling for 3 months

PTI | Feb 12, 2013, 12.53 PM IST

CHENNAI: Battling for life for almost three months after a gruesome acid attack that left her blind, a 23-year-old woman died at a private hospital here today. 

Vinodhini, a BTech graduate working in a private firm, had gone home for Diwali celebrations when she faced an acid attack at a bus terminus at Karaikal on November 14 by a construction worker whose overtures she rejected. 

She was first rushed to a private hospital in Karaikal from where she was shifted to JIPMER (Jawharlal Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences) in Puducherry. She was then referred to a government hospital here and a private hospital for specialised treatment, where she breathed her last. 

A visibly upset Vinodhini's father, Jayapal, a watchman in a private school in Karaikal, said, "He (the accused) should undergo the same pain which my daughter suffered. Acid should be thrown at him." 

Vinodhini had received financial help from various quarters, including Rs 3 lakh from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund and Rs two lakh from the Puducherry government and from the public in India and abroad, family sources said. 

The accused Suresh has already been arrestedLink: Acid attack victim succumbs after battling for 3 months

Feb 12, 2013: 12-year-old boy allegedly raped minor girl in Bhopal

Press Trust of India | Updated: February 12, 2013 15:49 IST

Bhopal: A 12-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in his neighbourhood in Bhopal, police said on Tuesday.

On Sunday, the boy took the girl to a construction site near their home in Kiran Nagar area of the city where he allegedly raped her.

While searching for her daughter, the victim's mother found her at the construction site with the boy, police said.

Later, the girl was sent for medical examination which confirmed rape, they said.

A case has been registered against the boy under section 376 (rape) of the IPC and he has been sent to the juvenile detention centre, they added.
Link: 12-year-old boy allegedly raped minor girl in Bhopal

Feb 11, 2013: Woman raped by husband's 'acquaintance'

PTI | Feb 11, 2013, 09.34 PM IST

BHOPAL: A 30-year-old married woman was allegedly raped at her residence in Kamla Nagar here by a man posing as an "acquaintance" of her husband, police said on Monday. 

The accused Radhe Rajput (42) "forcibly entered" the woman's house claiming he knew her husband, who was away at the time of the crime. Even though the victim resisted his advances, he raped her at knife point, they said. 

Rajput sexually assaulted the woman in front of her daughter, they said. 

A complaint was lodged against Rajput, who has since been absconding, after the victim narrated the incident to her husband when he returned home.
Link: Woman raped by husband's 'acquaintance'

Feb 9, 2013: Schoolgirl allegedly molested by peon

TNN | Feb 9, 2013, 06.26 AM IST

PONDA: A Ponda school teacher on Friday complained that a student was allegedly molested by a school peon December 20, 2012.

According to police the school peon, a resident of Veling-Priol-Kunkoliem panchayat allegedly molested the 12-year-old Class VII girl student on December 20, 2012.

A school teacher reported to Ponda police that the peon had allegedly held the child's hand and "dragged" her within the school premises.

Police also expressed surprise over the behaviour of the school headmistress who on Friday informed Ponda police of the incident but asked a teacher to file the complaint.

"The headmistress also sanctioned half-day leave to the peon she had accused of the alleged molestation. When police approached her to arrest the accused, she said he had been bitten by a dog and she had sanctioned him leave," police said. Police added that they are puzzled by the headmistress' behavior and were examining her role in the case. Police said an offence has been registered against the peon under the relevant sections of law.
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Feb 9, 2013: Woman raped by uncle, cousin for nine years

PTI | Feb 9, 2013, 05.53 PM IST
MUMBAI: A woman was allegedly raped by her uncle and cousin for nine years and forced her into flesh trade, police said here today.

An FIR was registered yesterday after the 34-year-old victim claimed that she was raped by her uncle Satish Kondekar (45) and Rakesh Kadam (35) at her residence in Grant Road area in south Mumbai, said Ajit Surve, senior inspector at D B Marg police station.

The victim claimed she had nobody to take care of and the duo took advantage of her condition and raped her on several occasions for nine years since 2001, police said.

The victim also alleged that she was forcibly taken to Bangalore and Gujarat for flesh trade.

"The victim in her complaint stated Kondekar forced her to leave the house she was staying in and it was given on rent. Since she has no house to stay, she has now been shifted to Deonar women's welfare home," a police officer said."
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Feb 9, 2013: Constable arrested for attempting to rape minor girl

PTI | Feb 9, 2013, 06.52 PM IST

SULTANPUR (UP): A constable was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a seven-year-old girl in Dostpur area here, police said today. 

Constable Chandra Prakash Tiwari posted in Dostpur police station tried to rape the minor daugther of his neigbour yesterday, they said. 

According to police, an FIR was registered on the complaint made by the mother of the girl and the constable was arrested.
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Feb 8, 2013: Cops take Rs 2 lakh for airtrip to find missing daughter

PTI | Feb 8, 2013, 07.54 PM IST

JODHPUR: Rajasthan high court today directed that a case be registered against two police personnel, who took Rs 2 lakh from a man to fly to Karnataka to look for his missing daughter. 

A division bench comprising justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Banwari Lal Sharma expressed grave disappointment over the conduct of the police and pulled up the two police officers present in the court after they admitted to the act. 

The matter came to light during hearing today on a habeas corpus petition filed by Chail Singh, who approached the court after the cops returned empty handed from their trip. 

Counsel of petitioner Mohd. Ali Rao said that Chail Singh's 15-year-old daughter had gone missing on the night of October 9 last year. He registered a missing person complaint with the Jalore police on October 13 against a man identified as Surendra Singh. 

After some days, the investigating officer ASI Inda Ram approached Chail and told him that the police had got a tip off that his daughter was in Hubli, Karnataka and said that they can reach there only by air. Chail agreed to bear the expenses of the police for air travel to Hubli and handed over Rs 2 lakh to the police by mortgaging the jewellery of his wife, the counsel said. 

After receiving the money from the complainant, the Investigating Officer boarded the flight with a constable and the sarpanch of village. 

But police returned empty handed from Hubli after a few days and told Chail that his daughter could not be found in Hubli. 

It also came to light that police did not mention the visit in the case diary, which had been called by the court today. 

Expressing surprise over the manner in which the police had acted, the court directed theSuperintendent of Police (Jalore) to appear before it with case records on February 11 and register case against the erring policemen.
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