NEW DELHI: Strongly criticising the controversial order passed by Allahabad high court that grabbing the breasts of a minor girl and snapping the string of her pyjama were not adequate to charge an accused with the offence of rape or attempt to rape, Supreme Court Wednesday said the verdict showed “total” insensitivity, and stayed its…
NEW DELHI: A day after refusing to hear a plea challenging the Allahabad high court’s ruling, which stated that “grabbing a minor girl‘s breasts, breaking her pyjama strings did not amount to rape or an attempt to rape,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the ruling on its own.A bench of Justices B…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its first chargesheet in the RG Kar Hospital case, accusing Sanjay Roy of the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor. The chargesheet, presented in a Sialdah court in West Bengal, identifies Sanjay Roy as the sole accused, ruling out the possibility of gang…
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…
AGRA: A woman was allegedly raped inside a car on the Agra-Lucknow expressway after two men lured her to Lucknow with the promise of “genuine” educational certificates, filmed the assault, and abandoned her on the expressway before fleeing, police said on Monday.Officers have launched a search for the accused after the woman lodged a complaint…
MUMBAI: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three men, including a friend, in Nalasopara, on the pretext of landing her a job. The men have been arrested.The sexual abuse is believed to have occurred on Saturday. In her complaint to the Achole police in Nalasopara (east), the woman, a Vasai resident, stated that as…
In a series of harrowing revelations, two British women shared their experiences of alleged rape and sexual violence at the hands of controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate. These testimonies emerged amid ongoing legal troubles for Tate and his brother, Tristan, who faced serious charges in Romania.Andrew Tate, who was under house arrest in Romania,…
Thousands on Sunday protested across more than 130 cities in 25 countries to demand justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered last month at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.The demonstrations began in various groups throughout Japan, Australia, Taiwan, and Singapore before expanding to cities in several…
NASHIK: Police arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl in Chopda taluka of Jalgaon district on Saturday evening.He was arrested based on the description provided by the deceased girl’s younger sister, who witnessed the crime. The man had killed the 13-year-old by hitting her on the head with a stone…
KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar Hospital junior doctor raped and killed last month joined protesters at the hospital late Wednesday. They walked into the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital at 9.25 pm on Wednesday, lent their voice to Tagore’s ‘Aguner poroshmoni’ and lit candles along with their daughter’s colleagues and friends to demand…
