New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of media reports related to the alleged prolonged gang rape, blackmail, sexual exploitation and subsequent suicides of two sisters in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district. The case, which has triggered widespread outrage and protests in the region, pertains to two sisters from rural Jodhpur who allegedly died by suicide within a span of two months after facing years of sexual exploitation, threats and al…
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has acquitted three men who had been sentenced to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for gang-rape, holding that the testimony of the prosecutrix was inconsistent on material aspects and the prosecution had failed to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt. A single-judge Bench of Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha allowed the appeals filed by Anwar, Sandeep and Anish Kumar against a 2017 order of the trial court which had convicted them under Section 376…
Hyderabad, Jan 9 (IANS) Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) arrested 34 cyber offenders during a special one-day operation across the State.Those arrested include 24 accused involved in repeated Child Sexual Exploitative and Abusive Material (CSEAM) offences and 10 mule account holders involved in multiple cyber frauds within and outside Telangana.A total of 18 teams participated in the operation which was primarily focused on in and around Hyderabad city and other district units.TGCSB direc…
Jaipur, Dec 30 (IANS) In a major development in the Udaipur gang rape case, police have sent three accused — including the CEO of an IT company — to judicial custody after the completion of their remand period, officials said on Tuesday.The case relates to the alleged gang rape of a female IT company manager in a moving car within the Sukher police station limits.As part of the investigation, police have collected voice samples of all three accused to verify audio recordings recovered from a d…
Jaipur, Dec 26 (IANS) In a major development in the gang rape case involving a woman manager of a private IT company, three accused, including the CEO, have been sent to three days’ police custody.Superintendent of Police Yogesh Goel said the accused were arrested on Wednesday night. As Thursday was a holiday, the accused were produced before the court on Friday, which remanded them to police custody for further interrogation.During initial questioning, police revealed that the incident is linke…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) In the Hanskhali gang-rape and murder case from Nadia district, a Ranaghat Sub-Divisional Court on Tuesday sentenced three convicts, including the son of a Trinamool Congress leader, to life imprisonment. The leader himself received a five-year prison term.The verdict follows Monday’s conviction of nine people in connection with the case. The victim’s family members broke down upon hearing the verdict.Besides Sohail (Braj) Gayali, the son of a Trinamool leader, two other…