A man hanged himself allegedly over the delay by the police in probing the gang-rape of his 15-year-old daughter. A station house officer and another policeman were suspended on Tuesday, the police said.
A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of the charge sheet filed by police in the case of December 16 gang-rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student who died in a Singapore hospital 13 days later.
A 33-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons, one of them a school teacher, who later left her tied to a tree in naked condition, police said on Monday.
The sub divisional magistrate and the metropolitan magistrate, who had recorded the statement of the December 16 gang rape victim, are likely to appear on Thursday before the fast court conducting the trial.
Five law students of Jamia Millia Islamia University were on Wednesday chargesheeted in a court for allegedly confining and gang-raping a minor girl at their residence last year. The probe agency submitted its chargesheet before Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao, who took cognisance of the matter and fixed February 6 for scrutiny of the documents.
The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday the plea of one of the six accused in the December 16 gang-rape and murder case for shifting the trial to a place outside Delhi.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday expressed anguish over the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai.
Fourteen years after being gang raped and paraded naked in public, Mukhtaran Mai sent a message of hope as she walked the runway at Fashion Pakistan Week 2016.
Two minor girls, both cousins, were allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped at gun point by five persons in Jareef Nagar area in Badaun, almost a year after a similar incident in the district had stirred Uttar Pradesh and opposition had attacked the government over law and order.
The fourth accused, Kasim Bangali, is the eldest of the five accused and was the one who sexually assaulted the victim twice, the police said
The accused in the December 16 gang rape case were on Friday chargesheeted in a court here by the Delhi police in a separate case of robbing lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the girl.
An 18-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by two persons, committed suicide as police failed to take action against the accused, after which one policeman was sacked and another suspended.
Three police officials, who arrested one of the accused in the December 16 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here, testified as prosecution witness before the fast-track court on Monday.
A Singapore-based doctor, who analysed the slides containing samples of cells and tissue of the December 16 gangrape victim, testified today as a witness for the prosecution through video conferencing in a fast track court in New Delhi.
A doctor of a Singapore hospital, who had conducted the post mortem examination of the December 16 gang rape victim, on Monday testified as a prosecution witness through video conferencing in a Delhi court.
Facing the heat after fresh twists in the Suryanelli gang rape case, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien has written to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Chairman of the Upper House Hamid Ansari explaining his position.
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped at a park in South Delhi's Tigri area on Saturday evening.
The sessions court trying the Mumbai photojournalist's gang rape case on Monday set a deadline for itself saying it would try to conclude the hearing in 60 days.
The police has divided the investigation in such a manner that different departments are probing various aspects of the case to nail the culprits at the earliest.
A doctor from Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, who had initially prepared the medical report of the male friend of the December 16 gang rape victim, on Monday recorded his statement in a fast-track court.
"I am Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's friend; no police can act against me." This is what some harassers told the family of the Sikar gang rape victim, who has just undergone her 20th operation in 17 months.
A draftsman, who had prepared the site plan of December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here, testified as prosecution witness before the fast-track court on Tuesday.
Religious leaders from various faiths assembled on Thursday for a prayer meeting to express support for and solidarity with a 71-year-old nun whose gang-rape at a convent school in West Bengal's Ranaghat sent ripples across the country.
The brutal gang rape and death of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi, which had sparked outrage across India, figured prominently during discussions at the United Nations on Wednesday, with the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Executive Board calling on governments to commit themselves to end violence against women and girls everywhere.
A court in Delhi on Monday sought an Action Taken Report from Delhi Police on a plea seeking registration of an FIR against the city transport minister and others, alleging the December 16 gangrape incident had occurred due to their "corrupt" activities.
The owner of the bus in which the 23-year-old paramedic was gang-raped and brutally assaulted along with his male friend on December 16, was on Tuesday denied bail in a case of alleged forgery committed by him to get his vehicles registered.
The health ministry on Friday assured all possible help to the 23-year-old gang-rape victim for her advanced treatment, including organ transplant.
He said, a message should go across the country, not just in Rajasthan that 'this will not be tolerated'.
The Sun newspaper said on Monday eight unnamed premier league players raped a 17-year-old girl.
'Open trial is a rule' and the proceedings in the December 16 gang rape case can be accessed by the media as 'seering public interest' is attached to it, the Delhi high court on Friday said quashing the order of the special fast track court barring journalist presence and reporting on it.
He managed to dodge all eyes on him -- the guard posted to keep a "suicide watch" on him and inmates in the high-security cell in Tihar Jail in New Delhi -- to end his life using the clothes he was wearing.
There is some "foul play" behind the death of Ram Singh, one of the accused in the December 16 gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl who allegedly committed suicide in Tihar, his lawyer alleged today.
The 28-year-old male friend of the girl, who was brutally gang-raped in a moving bus, on Tuesday appeared before a fast track court in New Delhi to testify about the incident to which he is the sole eyewitness.
The Supreme Court has directed the CBI and Manipur SITs to provide charge sheets in the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence cases to the victims and their families, ensuring legal aid and covering travel expenses for court appearances in Guwahati.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday praised the courage and tenacity of the Delhi gang-rape victim and asked people to redouble efforts for women's protection.
The condition of the 23-year-old girl, who was gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi last Sunday, continues to be critical and doctors are subjecting her to various tests on Sunday.
Three days after dacoits gang raped two women in Veergaon village of Akole district in Maharashtra, Home Minister R R Patil, who visited the place on Tuesday, announced the suspension of two policemen for dereliction of duty.
Three more persons, including a minor, were on Friday arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist at knife-point near New Delhi railway station on January 14.
Bihar State Women Commission has begun its probe into the alleged gang-rape of a minor girl in Madhepura district. The victim delivered a baby girl at Sadar hospital and became an unwed minor mother, officials on Friday said.
According to the police, the minor was gang-raped several times by her mother's boyfriend and his aide, both of whom are in their thirties, in Haridwar, Agra and Vrindavan between January and March this year.
