Dhaka, June 5 (IANS) Bangladesh has witnessed a troubling deterioration in social safety indicators, with cases of child abuse, rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment in educational institutions regularly making headlines across the country, a report has highlighted. Citing social analysts and psychologists, ‘Pressenza International Press Agency’ reported that the “terrifying” surge in crime is being fuelled by four key factors: widespread drug abuse, declining moral values, weak social …
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Prayagraj/New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has expressed concern over inadequate forensic infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, observing that shortcomings in DNA analysis facilities are affecting the investigation and prosecution of heinous crimes, including rape and murder cases.Granting bail to an accused in an alleged rape and murder case registered in Etah district, a single-judge Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal said the court was compelled to enlarge the applicant on …
Patna, April 10 (IANS) In a heart-wrenching incident, a minor girl committed suicide by hanging herself inside her home after allegedly being raped at gunpoint in Bihar’s Nalanda district. The Class XII student took the extreme step, almost twelve hours after the incident, as she purportedly failed to overcome the distress and trauma of violation.The victim, among the youngest of five sisters, recently passed her Intermediate Examinations, while her tormentor is said to be a person from…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) The Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the Bill presented by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), effectively integrating the stringent provisions of the Shakti Act into the new national criminal code and incorporating two provisions in it. The two provisions that are being introduced via amendment include non-disclosure of names of victims of acid attack and penalising harassment via phone, social media, lewd digi…
Jaipur, Feb 23 (IANS) Congress MLAs staged a walkout from the Rajasthan Assembly during Zero Hour on Monday over the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Bikaner, triggering uproar in the House and sharp remarks from Speaker Vasudev Devnani.The walkout followed heated exchanges between Congress and BJP MLAs over the minor girl’s rape and murder.Congress MLA Dungaram Gedar raised the issue during Zero Hour, demanding action.Minister of State for Home Affairs Jawahar Singh Bedham said the po…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi Police has released its latest crime data, indicating a clear decline in several serious offences across the national capital in 2025. The statistics show that cases of murder, robbery, rape and molestation have come down when compared to previous years, a development that the police attribute to improved law and order conditions and the impact of sustained policing initiatives.According to the figures, Delhi had recorded 506 murder cases in 2023. The number ma…
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…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 (IANS) A Special POCSO court in Bargarh district of Odisha on Tuesday sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of the rape and murder of a six-year-old minor girl in the Paikmal area of the district in November 2024. “On November 15, 2024, at around 9 a.m., the six-year-old girl and her grandfather were at their house when the accused, identified as Prashanta Bag (21), called the victim to go fishing. Bag, along with two other minors, took the girl to a nearby water…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Police have arrested a 25-year-old man from Tepul in Swarupnagar, North 24 Parganas district, on charges of raping a married woman. The arrest was made on Wednesday following a complaint lodged at the Swarupnagar police station.According to officials, the accused allegedly raped the woman when she was alone at home in the absence of her husband. It is further alleged that he threatened to kill her husband and children once the matter came to light. With the support of her …