NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday praised a POCSO court in Baruipur for awarding the death penalty to Mostakin Sardar, convicted of the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Joynagar, South 24 Parganas. The verdict came just 62 days after the crime, a pace Banerjee described as “unprecedented” in…
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 prime suspect in the horrific murder of a 29-year-old woman, whose dismembered body was found stuffed into a refrigerator, has been identified by the authorities, said Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda on Monday.“It is being investigated from all angles. The prime suspect has been identified, and efforts are underway to arrest him,”…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu for the first time has publicly spoken about her views on the Kolkata incident through an article titled “Women’s Safety: Enough is Enough.”Declaring that “enough is enough,” Murmu stressed upon the urgency of addressing the harmful mindset that views women as “less powerful, less capable, less intelligent,” because of which…
NEW DELHI: Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya, expressed her outrage over the rape and murder of a female resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. She described the incident as “the most unfortunate thing that has happened” and criticized the political blame game surrounding the case, urging the focus to…
