Courtroom sketch of Dominique Pelicot (Picture credit: Reuters) In a chilling case that sent shockwaves not just in France but also all around the world, a 72 year old man, Dominique Pelicot, was convicted for using an online dating platform to solicit and conduct the repeated rape of his wife, Gisele.Pelicot orchestrated all the plans,…
BHOPAL: Whirring over 10,000 hectares of dense forest in MP’s Harda, a squad of drones is tirelessly scanning for its target – an alleged child rapist. When one lot returns to recharge, another goes up.The 22-year-old fugitive, accused of sexually abusing a five-year-old girl, went on the run four days ago and is believed to…
PARIS: For years, she had been losing hair and weight. She had started forgetting whole days, and sometimes appeared to be in dreamlike trances. Her children and friends worried she had Alzheimer’s. But in late 2020, after she was summoned to a police station in southern France, she learned a far more shattering story. Her…
KOZHIKODE: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the sexual abuse allegations in Malayalam film industry has recorded the statement of a Kozhikode native who had filed a sexual abuse complaint against director Ranjith.The youth had alleged that Ranjith sexually abused him at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru in 2012 and he had filed a complaint…
MUMBAI: Even as the sexual abuse of two pre-school girls by a janitor of a Badlapur school and the subsequent protests by the public is fresh in people’s minds, in another disturbing incident, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by a 16-year-old canteen boy in a private school in the Vasai region over a…
NEW DELHI: In a significant legal direction, the Bombay High Court on Friday issued a restraining order against any political party or individual from calling for a Maharashtra Bandh. “We are restraining any political party or individual from proceeding with call for bandh. We will also direct the State to take all steps in terms…
THANE/MUMBAI: The police shut down the internet in Badlapur, registered four FIRs against 1,500 persons and arrested 60 people on Wednesday in response to the previous day’s violent protests over a school sexual abuse case.The opposition MVA called a bandh on Saturday to protest against what it called was ineffective govt action in the case…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala government on Monday released Justice K Hema Committee report which revealed troubling aspects of Malayalam film industry including casting couch and sexual exploitation faced by women. However, parts of the 295-page report were redacted prior to its release under the RTI Act.Based on testimonies from 51 industry professionals, the report reveals…
NEW DELHI: Employees of Southwest Key Programs Inc., the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the United States, have been accused of sexually abusing and harassing children in their care for at least eight years, according to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department. The allegations, which span from 2015 to the present,…
NEW DELHI: A Bengaluru court on Monday extended former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna‘s judicial custody by 14 days. Revanna is facing multiple charges related to sexual abuse and rape against multiple women. He was produced before the special court for elected Representatives which had on June 6 remanded him to SIT custody till June 10.Revanna,…
