West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Media trials in rape cases should stop, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday and added that this can hamper the investigations. In the Kultali rape-murder case, Mamata Banerjee directed the police to register this under the POCSO Act and ensure that the culprits…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has suspended the National Film Award for choreographer Jani Master due to sexual assault allegations. The invitation for him to attend the 70th National Film Awards in New Delhi on October 8 has also been withdrawn.Jani Master, real name Shaik Jani Basha, was set to be honored…
THANE: The Thane city police arrested two school officials from Badlapur on Wednesday evening after the Bombay high court rejected their anticipatory bail plea a day earlier. Chairman Uday Kotwal and Secretary Tushar Apte, who had been evading authorities for several days, were apprehended in the Karjat area around 9:15 pm.The officials face charges under…
NAGPUR: Observing that a minor subjected to sexual assault would be “petrified” and “not behave normally and play”, Nagpur bench of Bombay HC acquitted a 64-year-old man, who was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment under Pocso Act and Section 376AB of IPC for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in March 2019.The man, Vijay…
LUCKNOW: The DNA sample of 71-year-old Samajwadi Party functionary Moeed Khan did not match with that of the fetus belonging to the 12-year-old Ayodhya gang-rape survivor, but instead matched with the DNA of his domestic help Raju Khan.This was revealed after UP govt submitted Monday the DNA report to the Lucknow bench of Allahabad HC…
HYDERABAD: Cyberabad police on Thursday arrested award-winning choreographer Jani Master, alias Shaik Jani Basha, for allegedly raping his assistant choreographer.Jani was arrested from a hotel in Goa. After medical checkup, he will be produced before a local court for a transit warrant.“As per the procedure, he will be brought to Cyberabad on a transit warrant…
NEW DELHI: Police have arrested six individuals for allegedly stripping a 12-year-old Dalit boy naked, forcing him to dance and recording the incident in Kota. The boy was accused of stealing wire from an event.The video showed the boy dancing while four to five men sat around him, forcing him to dance with a smile….
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Monday took suo motu cognizance of rape threats issued against the minor daughter of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and called upon the police to take strict action under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Juvenile Justice Act, and…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its disapproval to the statements made by the Calcutta high court, which advised teenage girls to “control their sexual desires and not give in to two minutes of pleasure.” The apex court overturned the high court’s decision that acquitted an individual charged under the Protection of Children…
LUCKNOW: A team from the District administration of Ayodhya and the police arrived with a bulldozer to demolish the bakery of SP leader Moeed Khan, who is accused of raping a minor girl. However, the machine got stuck in the soil by the pond during the operation. Consequently, the demolition has been temporarily halted, and…
