Page 8 - Rape Cases

Nadia rape case: NCW chairperson slams Bengal CM Mamata over her remark

"Her (WB CM Mamata Banerjee's) statement over the incident is very unfortunate. Being a woman, she should understand the pain of another woman. She pointed fingers at the victim, it was wrong,"

Delhi sees uptick in crimes against women in 2021; 17.5% rise in rape cases

The Delhi Police claimed the rise in cases is due to a 'conscious policy of fair and truthful registration'

Kerala HC permits abortion of 26 week pregnancy of minor rape victim

The Kerala High Court on Thursday allowed medical termination of the 26 week long pregnancy of a minor girl who was allegedly raped by her own father.

Delhi reported maximum rape cases, murders among metros in 2020: NCRB data

Delhi accounted for nearly 40 per cent of all rape cases and almost 25 per cent murder cases among 19 metropolitan cities in India in 2020, according to latest government data. Altogether, 1,849 murder cases and 2,533 rape cases were reported across the country in 2020, a year that witnessed COVID-19 outbreak and lockdowns, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data showed. The NCRB, which functions under the Union home ministry, classified 19 cities with over 20 lakh population as metropolitans -- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune and Surat. Delhi logged the maximum 461 (24 per cent of 1,849) murder cases in 2020 followed by Bengaluru (179), Chennai (15), Mumbai (148) and Surat (116), while Kolkata reported 53, according to the data. A total of 1,849 cases of murder were registered during 2020, showing a decrease of 8.3 per cent over 2019 (2,017 cases).

Kerala HC permits abortion of 26 week plus pregnancy of rape victim

The Kerala High Court has permitted termination of the 26 week long pregnancy of a minor rape victim, at her risk

Hathras case: Gang rape can not be ruled out, says AIIMS report to CBI

Sexual assault on the 19-year-old Hathras victim cannot be ruled out as pattern of injuries sustained during sexual violence may show variations, AIIMS medical board's report submitted to the CBI said

Hathras case another reminder of under-utilised Nirbhaya Scheme

The high-profile rape cases in Hathras, Unnao (2018) and Kathua (2018) show that the infrastructure slated under this fund is either absent or inefficient

Death penalty up by 53% in 2018, but most rape cases stuck at trial: Data

India has carried out four executions since 2004, the last having been in 2015

Rape as a tamasha

In India, rape as an issue remains hostage to social and political contestations that ricochet between high-profile righteous indignation and spurious Bollywood-style anguish

Letters to BS: Change in mindset is key for preventing crimes against women

Atrocities against women by men will only cease when the mindset of men undergoes a change. It has to begin from childhood

Letters to BS: We must examine why people want 'an eye for an eye'?

Criminals sentenced to death are always given a long rope, to file review and mercy petitions, with their sentences frequently getting commuted to life

UP govt set to get anti-romeo squad back after rise in crimes against women

The police wing, which was criticised by some for allegedly targeting couples hanging out in public places, gradually lost its sting

Unnao rape victim's family wants her murderers chased and killed

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured the grieving family of speedy justice, saying a fast track court would decide the case and all the accused persons were arrested

Rahul says India is world 'rape capital', blames Modi's silence for malaise

The country's biggest strength, which used to be its economy, was now its biggest weakness, Gandhi said adding Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not have a concept of taking the country forward.

Hyderabad rape-murder: NHRC begins on-the-spot probe into encounter killing

Official sources said the team visited a government hospital at Mahabubnagar, where the bodies of the accused were kept after post-mortem

One accused in rape of two minor girls in Kerala's Walayar thrashed by mob

M Madhu, the third accused in the case, who was acquitted recently, allegedly got into an argument with the group near his house, the police said

Goa minister urges Modi to mandate public hanging of rape-murder convicts

His demand comes a day after all the four men, arrested for the rape and murder of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian in Hyderabad last month, were killed in an 'encounter' with police

Tale of 2 encounters: 11 years apart, featuring one cop, in similar scripts

Cyberabad Commissioner Sajjanar, who was hailed by many as a hero for the killing of four men accused in the gangrape and murder of a Hyderabad veterinarian, was superintendent of police in 2008

Nithyananda's passport cancelled, application for new one rejected: MEA

We cancelled passport of Nithyananda and rejected his application for fresh one: MEA.

Ecuador denies having granted asylum, land to rape-accused Nithyananda

In a statement, the Embassy of Ecuador said the country had in fact denied Nithyananda's request for asylum, and he left the country for Haiti