In the third such incident in the past four months, a three-year-old girl student was allegedly sexually abused inside a private school in Bangalore.
A Padma awardee of Assam, accused of sexually abusing a minor girl he was fostering, has obtained an interim anticipatory bail from Gauhati High Court to evade arrest after a case was registered against him.
India's chess ace Dronavalli Harika was among the several players who were allegedly sent sexually abusive mail during an event in Latvia in November last year.
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Police sources said the seer was questioned for several hours after his arrest late on Thursday night. He reportedly developed some health complication soon after he was sent to jail.
Accusing the Speaker of engaging his staff to persuade her to have sexual relations with him, the police complaint filed by Lady Assistant Marshal Gayatri Panda alleged that Mohanty often made vulgar gestures at her. Mohanty has denied the charges claiming it was part of a conspiracy in which influential people were involved to malign him.
According to police, the girls -- aged 13 and 14 years -- had come to stay with Chaudhary's elder brother at a village in Kosikalan area during Diwali, in a bid to escape the abuse and torture. Their brother was already staying with the uncle to pursue his studies.
Sister Lucy Kalappura, one of the nuns who protested against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, in her autobiography titled 'Karthaavinte Naamathil' (In the name of the Lord) writes that even church leaders who supported the sisters, the victims of sexual abuse, have now started supporting the accused.
Cheekatlo is a run-of-the-mill crime procedural, notes Arjun Menon.
A 38-year-old man in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested for allegedly committing an unnatural act with his 12-year-old nephew. The arrest follows a complaint filed by the boy's father, leading to a case registered under the POCSO Act.
Shocking incidents of sexual abuse and molestation by teachers came to light during the one-day hearing of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in Chennai on Wednesday, which was attended by school children from different parts of Tamil Nadu.
According to the police, the survivor, a resident of Mumbai's western suburbs, communicated in sign language during a video call with her friends and colleagues, who were part of a WhatsApp group, that the accused had drugged and raped her when she was a minor.
Police investigating the death of a NEET aspirant in Patna have found traces of semen on her clothes, suggesting a possible sexual assault. The investigation continues with DNA profiling and scrutiny of crucial documents.
The police did not seek extension of the police custody in which he was held since September 2.
An Indian working with the United Nations has been arrested on sexual abuse charges filed by a woman colleague. New York Police Department spokesman John Grimpel said Joshi was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed in October 2011 of sex abuse in a bar near the UN headquarters.
A Spanish court has handed soccer player Santi Mina a four-year prison sentence for sexually abusing a woman in the southern town of Mojacar in 2017
Simone Biles said on Monday she was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar, the latest in a list of female athletes to accuse the doctor of misconduct.
Human Rights Watch urges Sri Lanka to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the civil war, citing a UN report on sexual violence against Tamil civilians.
Tensions between Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have drawn national attention in recent months.
The English Football Association (FA) has launched an internal review to examine allegations of children being sexually abused at professional soccer clubs.
Ariana Kukors, who represented the United States in the 2012 Olympic Games, said Sean Hutchison, then a coach for USA Swimming's national team, began "grooming" her for a sexual relationship when she was 13.
Chinmayanand, whose trust runs the Shahjahanpur law college where the woman studied, was arrested on September 20 under section 376-C of the IPC, a charge short of rape.
A minor school girl was sexually abused by a large number of youths at Chowkham in Lohit district.
Youth Congress and DYFI activists in Kerala protest the death of RSS worker Anandu Aji, demanding a thorough investigation and action against those allegedly responsible. The case involves allegations of sexual harassment and a suicide note.
Minor British Sikh girls sexually abused by gangs of Asian men who befriend them over a period of time usually do not report the crime to authorities, according to a new investigation by the BBC.
A new biography has claimed that the talk show host was spoiled as a child.
The Apna Ghar shelter house in Rohtak, which was hit by allegations of women and children being sexually assaulted and tortured including by police officials, has been sealed.
Newly released Epstein files contain references to 'massage techniques' and Ayurveda from India. The files, released by the US Justice Department, also include photos of former US President Bill Clinton and the late pop star Michael Jackson.
Former high jump world record holder Patrik Sjoberg has shocked Swedish athletics by revealing that his coach and stepfather Viljo Nousiainen sexually abused him as a young boy.
The Indian government has found vulgar, obscene and other unlawful content being uploaded on X that are in violation of local laws.
Microblogging platform X has implemented technological measures to prevent its Grok AI chatbot from generating images of real people in revealing clothing in jurisdictions where it is illegal, following government pressure over obscene deepfakes.
A prominent seer in Karnataka booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) on Monday broke his silence over the issue, claiming it was part of a long drawn conspiracy against him, indicated an inside job and vowed to come out clean in a case of sexual abuse of high school girls.
'People don't believe that a 15-year-old girl subjected to sexual intercourse within a marriage is a victim of rape.'
Two officials of a children's shelter home in Karjat taluka of Maharashtra's Raigad district were arrested on charges of sexually abusing five minor inmates, police said on Thursday.
Supreet Singh, filmmaker and co-founder of Red Dot Foundation, explains how the 4km long Infinite Saree is a larger campaign against all forms of sexual abuse, including marital rape.
Bugonia's ending, though not unexpected, is still shocking, reveals Deepa Gahlot.
On the complaint of the boy's parents, a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered against unknown persons at the Thakupukur Police Station, a senior officer of the Kolkata police said.
According to Plan International, a children's organisation in London, India is dubiously ranked third among 13 countries in terms of estimated economies cost of corporal punishment.
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