Tag: rapes

2 held for raping minor girl in UP’s Balrampur

Balrampur (UP), Dec 20: Two people were arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Utraula Police Station area, an official said on Sunday. According to the victim’s mother, the accused took away her daughter on Thursday evening after luring her. They then raped her, police said. However, the […]

UP: Man held for raping 14-year-old girl

Mahoba (UP), Dec 5: The police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district, officials said on Saturday. SHO, Ajnar police station, Shashi Kumar Pandey said the incident took place late on Thursday evening and the 22-year-old accused was […]

Girl abducted, gang-raped in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 14: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by two men here, police said on Saturday. According to Station House Officer Anil Kapervan, the girl was rescued on Friday and the two accused identified as Salman and Pervaiz were arrested. The girl had left her home […]

Why many Indians cheered police for killing gang rape accused

Many Indians took to social media on Friday to applaud the police killings of four men accused in the gang rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad. Police said the men tried to snatch the weapons of accompanying policemen when they were taken to the scene […]

Indian nuns demand arrest of bishop accused of rape

open view web desk KOCHI, India — A group of Catholic nuns is holding a public protest in south India, demanding the arrest of a bishop whom one nun accused of rape. The nuns, members of the order the Missionaries of Jesus, began their protest last week, gathering […]

India teen fights for life after being raped, set on fire

open view web desk A 17-year-old Indian girl was fighting for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set alight, the second such case to shake the country this week as it reels from a series of brutal sexual assaults. The teenager was attacked on […]

Young girl’s rape triggers more angry protests in India

open view web desk NEW DELHI – Protests erupted in Andhra Pradesh over the rape of a nine-year-old girl, as anger over the failure of police to stem a series of sex attacks on children boiled over. Reported rape cases in India have climbed steadily over recent years […]

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