A case of sexual violence has again resurfaced in Bengaluru. Around Lakshmidevi Nagar area in Bengaluru, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped, stripped, beaten and tortured. The accused allegedly rubbed chilli powder on her private parts, while her mother was forced to watch. Police arrested five people including three women,[Read More…]
Tag: Rape
JNU student allegedly gang raped by two Afghan nationals
A 21-year-old JNU BA second year student was allegedly raped by two Afghan nationals in south Delhi’s Green Park area, on Friday as per Police reports. The victim had gone to a pub in Hauz Khas village last week where she met one Twaab Ahmad alias Saleem, 27, an Afghan[Read More…]
‘Chennai Express’ producer arrested on rape charges
Bollywood blockbuster “Chennai Express” was produced by Karim Morani, who has been booked for allegedly raping a Delhi-based woman on promise of marriage, police said on Wednesday. The case is under sections 417 (cheating), 376 (rape) 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation), 493 (cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing[Read More…]
Minor kidnapped, confined to pit and raped for over three weeks in Gujarat
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and confined in a farm pit for over three weeks as she was raped repeatedly by a teenager at Kotda Nayani village of Morbi district in Gujarat before she was freed earlier this month, police said on Tuesday. 19-year-old, Naresh Solanki, was booked for[Read More…]
Woman abducted, gang-raped, falls into shaft while trying to flee
In a shameful incident, two men allegedly drugged and gangraped a 21-year-old woman in southwest Delhi’s Hari Vihar near Dwarka on Wednesday night after abducting her, police said. The woman, a resident of Gurgaon, was injured while trying to escape through a bathroom window of the flat she was confined[Read More…]
Woman offered lift, raped inside parked car in Moti Bagh
In yet another crime against women, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a parked car in south Delhi’s Moti Bagh by its driver who had offered to drop her home in Noida on Wednesday night. The man was arrested hours after the incident and has been sent to Tihar[Read More…]
Four years after Nirbhaya Gang-rape: Number of rape cases just has increased
It’s been four years of the brutal December 16, 2012, gang-rape of a physiotherapy student that shook the entire country and brought extensive shame to India. As the inhuman incident attracted negative publicity, the government made several promises to make the national capital as well as the country a safer[Read More…]
Nashik shame! Teen gangraped in Maharashtra; 5 students detained
In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five minor students and a collegian at Ashwin Nagar in Nashik in September, police said on Monday. The victim was taken to a row house by a collegian. Her cold drink was spiked to render her unconscious, after which[Read More…]
Shameful! Japanese woman allegedly raped in Kerala, accused arrested
In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old Japanese woman was allegedly raped by a man from neighbouring Karnataka at nearby Kovalam, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Teja, 25, was arrested on Saturday based on the woman’s statement. His family runs a handicrafts shop at Kovalam, police said. A[Read More…]
Turkish MPs support bill that sets child rapists free if they marry victim
A new bill proposed by the Turkish parliament will allow those who rape underage children to be pardoned for the crime as long as they marry the victim after the act. The bill would pardon men only if they had sex without “force or threat” and if they married the[Read More…]
Rape charges against news channel head; Narayan Sai also named
Suresh Chavhanke, the editor-in-chief of Hindi news channel Sudarshan News has been charged with rape and criminal intimidation after a 36-year-old woman employee of the company complained to the police. Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, has also been named in the FIR, reports The Indian Express. “We[Read More…]
Teachers rape 12 minor tribal girls in Maharashtra
12 minor girls aged between 12 and 14 from a tribal school, in Buldhana district of Maharashtra were allegedly raped by their teachers and headmaster. These girls were studying in a boarding school, Ninadhi Ashran School in Hivarkheda of Buldhana. Three of the girls are reportedly pregnant now. The police[Read More…]
UP horror: Minor girl allegedly raped by five men in Badaun district
In yet another shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five men in Sahaswan area here, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday when the girl was going to attend a marriage function with her elder sister. Both were abducted by a[Read More…]
Scarlett Keeling murder: Both accused acquitted by Supreme Court
Both the accused in the murder case of 15-year-old British teen Scarlett Keeling have been acquitted by the Supreme Court. It has beenmore than eight years since her body was found on Goa’s Anjuna beach in the morning hours and two beach shack workers Samson D’souza and Placido Carvalho were[Read More…]
Rapist comes out of jail to rape and kill another 10-year-old
In a disturbing incident that speaks volumes about the safety of our women and children, a man already convicted for the rape of a minor girl allegedly raped another few days after his release from the prison. The incident was reported from Bareilly, UP where 22-year-old Saleem alias Chhotu allegedly[Read More…]
Two teenage girls gangraped in a park in Delhi, four arrested
In a shocker for the national capital, two teenage girls, aged 17 and 18 were allegedly gangraped by five youths on Wednesday evening. They were out on a walk with their boyfriends at a park in outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar area when the attackers thrashed the victims’ boyfriends before tying[Read More…]
Gujarat horror: Doctor arrested for allegedly raping Dengue patient
In a shocking incident, a doctor of a private hospital in Gujarat has been arrested for allegedly raping a dengue patient in the ICU earlier this week. The woman, who is being treated in the Apollo hospital in Gandhinagar, was allegedly raped twice on Sunday and Monday. She has alleged[Read More…]
Sexual intercourse by man with wife not rape, Centre tells Delhi HC
The Centre told the Delhi high court that if marital rape is brought under law, “the entire family system will be under great stress” and defended the penal code provision that protects husbands from being tried for the rape of their wives. The Union government defended, before the Delhi high[Read More…]
These tweets use $5 to explain what ‘Rape’ really means
Not a single day passes when one does not hear news articles about women being molested and raped. Often these news pieces are pushed to a column in some obscure page, unless it is a particularly brutal incident. The aftermath of rape is followed by ‘character assassination’ of the woman[Read More…]
Former AISA-Delhi President faces rape allegations from fellow JNU student
A 28-year-old PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University was allegedly raped by a fellow student on Saturday when she went to his hostel room to copy a movie on a pen drive. The accused, Anmol Ratan is a fellow student and leader of AISA, the student wing of the CPI[Read More…]
“I will not let Mahmood Farooqui’s act rob me of my idea of who I am”: Rape victim
A Washington Post journalist breaks her silence over Mahmood Farooqui rape case. A close friend of both Farooqui and the American Fulbright, scholar she reveals the victim’s ordeal while offering a glimpse into Farooqui’s life. The post is one written by Rama Lakshmi on her Facebook page. I have remained[Read More…]
“Peepli Live” co-director Mahmood Farooqui proved guilty
“Peepli Live” co-director Mahmood Farooqui has been convicted under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code for raping a 35-year-old American research scholar. The victim had alleged that he forced himself on her at his Sukhdev Vihar residence in South Delhi on March 28, 2015. On August 2, the Delhi district[Read More…]
Are Indian Law Framers Themselves ‘Juvenile’?
The word `rape’ should not be used out of context or casually or loosely. We recently saw how the reference of this expression alone caused a heavy collateral damage in a well-known celeb’s daily life that his father had to publicly apologize for the unwarranted usage of this word. I[Read More…]
Released from jail, murder accused kills minor after raping her in Telangana
In a shocking incident, a 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a man who was released from jail only a few days ago in Secunderabad on Saturday evening. The suspect, 30 year-old Anil Kumar is an accused in eight murder cases is on the run now. The police[Read More…]
The Analogy of Rape
Salman Khan is not the first, and he won’t be the last to use the analogy of rape, in jest. But, let’s analyze the analogy, and, see if the connotations of rape work in the context. And, if it is an ‘apt’ analogy as someone says it is. Let’s compare[Read More…]