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The victim's statement was recorded in the presence of her parents. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A man was arrested for molesting an 8-year-old girl in Aman Vihar, Delhi * The accused lured the girl under the pretext of repairing a speaker * A case was filed under FIR No. 169/26 and relevant sections including POCSO Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: In a shocking incident from Delhi's Aman Vihar area, a man has been arr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A 25-year-old vegetable vendor was arrested for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl outside her residence in outer Delhi's Nihal Vihar area, police said on Wednesday. According to an official, a PCR call was received at Nihal Vihar police station on April 4, reporting that a girl had been molested by an unidentified man who fled from the spot after committing the offence. The statement of the girl was recorded in the presence of her parents. Based the complaint, a ca ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): A 25-year-old vegetable seller from Bihar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Wednesday for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl in the Nihal Vihar area. According to police, the incident occurred on April 3, 2026, in front of the victim's residence. The girl's uncle contacted the police station the following day and informed them that an unknown man had molested his niece before fleeing from the spot. Also Read | Delhi Water Cut: Parts of National Capital ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): A 25-year-old vegetable seller from Bihar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Wednesday for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl in the Nihal Vihar area. According to police, the incident occurred on April 3, 2026, in front of the victim's residence. The girl's uncle contacted the police station the following day and informed them that an unknown man had molested his niece before fleeing from the spot. Acting swiftly, officers at PS Nihal Vihar recorded the ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Department of Women and Child Development has issued a circular directing private hospitals to strictly comply with reporting requirements under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. All private hospitals have been asked to immediately inform the police or the Special Juvenile Police Unit if they come across cases of child sexual abuse. Hospitals are often the first point of contact for victims and play a crucial role in ensuring timely intervention. ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The health dept issued a fresh set of guidelines for private healthcare institutions to reinforce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, particularly in cases of child pregnancies.The directive highlights provisions of Section 19(1) of Pocso Act, which mandate that any person with knowledge or suspicion of an offence must report it to Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) or local police. Importantly, the orde ...Read More >
Biharsharif: Nine people have been arrested so far and one has surrendered in connection with the alleged molestation and attempted sexual assault of a 32-year-old married woman in a village in Nalanda district.Police said arrests were made during raids conducted between March 31 and April 2. Those arrested included Ashok Yadav, Matlu alias Navneet Kumar, Ranjan Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Dashrath Chaudhary, Shailesh Kumar, Doman Paswan and Sonu Kumar. Anita Devi, who allegedly instigated the accused, ...Read More >
Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh): Serious unrest erupted in Parda village under the Manasa police station area of Neemuch district on Thursday following allegations of molestation of a 13-year-old girl. Police arrested Abdul Rahman (55), who allegedly lured the minor to his house and subjected her to indecent acts. The incident triggered widespread outrage, prompting a large gathering of villagers at the village square. Protesters staged a road blockade and demanded strict punishment for the suspect, ...Read More >
On March 31, Poonam Pandey took to Instagram to announce her pregnancy. Her post left netizens speculating that it could be a publicity stunt. Actress Poonam Pandey, who earlier took social media by storm after she faked her death to raise awareness about cervical cancer, has once again left the internet puzzled. On March 31, she took to Instagram to announce her pregnancy. Her post left netizens speculating that it could be a publicity stunt. Poonam Pandey announces first pregnancy Poonam to ...Read More >
Patna, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a swift crackdown following the alleged molestation and attempted sexual assault of a married woman in Nalanda district, Bihar Police have arrested eight accused so far, said SP Bharat Soni on Wednesday. The incident, which occurred in a village under the Noorsarai police station area, came to light after a disturbing video of the assault went viral on social media. Confirming the development, Nalanda Superintendent of Police Bharat Soni stated that six more ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1: Poonam Pandey has clarified that her recent pregnancy claim was not real, revealing it to be an April Fool's prank that quickly grabbed attention online. It was on March 31, when Poonam took to Instagram, where she shared a picture flaunting her baby bump with her T-shirt rolled up. However, a source close to IANS had shared that it was a April Fool's prank. Now, Poonam has shared a video of herself, where she is heard saying: "Guys, thank you so much for your lovely wishes. Bu ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Poonam Pandey has clarified that her recent pregnancy claim was not real, revealing it to be an April Fool's prank that quickly grabbed attention online. It was on March 31, when Poonam took to Instagram, where she shared a picture flaunting her baby bump with her T-shirt rolled up. However, a source close to IANS had shared that it was a April Fool's prank. Now, Poonam has shared a video of herself, where she is heard saying: "Guys, thank you so much for your lovely wishes. But I'm no ...Read More >
On 31st March (Tuesday), officials in Hyderabad said that a 19-year-old man named Mohammed Fahaad was apprehended for sexually abusing his 5-year-old cousin, recording the horrific act and posting it online. "The incident came to light after the Child Protection Unit of Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) analysed evidence received through the Child Sexual Exploitative and Abusive Material (CSEAM) tipline," the official statement read. The little girl's parents were reportedly oblivious of t ...Read More >
PATNA: Three men publicly molested and attempted to gang rape a woman under Noorsarai police station limits in Bihar's Nalanda district. The accused also recorded a video of the incident, which went viral on Tuesday. Police have arrested two of the accused so far. Station House Officer (SHO) of Noorsarai police station said that the incident took place on the evening of March 26 when the woman was going to a nearby grocery shop. While returning home, she was surrounded by a group of youths w ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh who ran away from home to escape alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather was drugged and gang-raped by two men in Berhampur city on March 29, police said on Tuesday. Odisha Police acted swiftly and arrested two adult accused aged 23 and 19 years. A 15-year-old boy was also detained and sent to a juvenile home in connection with the case. According to police, the girl, a resident of Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh, fled ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Mar 31 (PTI) A 19-year-old student was arrested here for allegedly sexually abusing a five-year-old girl, filming the act and uploading it online, officials said on Tuesday. The incident involving the minor girl came to light after the Child Protection Unit of Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) analysed evidence received through the Child Sexual Exploitative and Abusive Material (CSEAM) tipline, which also indicated that the parents may be unaware of the abuse, they said. "The ...Read More >
Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday Thane: A Rapido bike taxi rider was arrested in Kalyan in Thane district for allegedly molesting a 26-year-old woman passenger and stealing Rs 1000 from her, a police official said on Monday. Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday for the incident which took place on Saturday, Mahatma Phule police station senior inspector Baliramsingh Pardeshi said. "The accused picked up the victim ...Read More >
Thane, Dec 16 (PTI) Police on Tuesday said an Uber bike taxi rider has been arrested at Kalyan in the district for allegedly molesting a 26-year-old woman passenger and robbing her. Earlier on Monday, police had identified the accused as a Rapido bike taxi rider. Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop-out, has been arrested under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 309 (robbery) and 74 (assault or criminal force to woman with the intention of outraging her modesty) for the incident which took pl ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 15 (PTI) A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly targeting and molesting women who were walking or riding alone during evening hours, police said on Monday. The accused, identified as Vinod T, worked at a sandwich outlet in the city and had allegedly been involved in such acts for over a month, they said. According to police, the accused would target women during evening hours and, if he found them walking or riding alone, would suddenly approach them, hug them tightly or t ...Read More >
Indore, December 13: The District and Sessions Court of Indore has sentenced an accused of raping his step-daughter to double life imprisonment under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Public Prosecutor Abhijeet Singh Rathore further detailed the judgment, saying that a specially constituted POCSO court in the District and Sessions Court of Indore, which is a special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, Judge Nausheen Khan de ...Read More >
An 18-year-old youth and his uncle have been arrested in the murder case in northeast Delhi's Seemapuri area. A 35-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death after he intervened in a quarrel between his wife and a youth who had passed lewd remarks and molested her in northeast Delhi's Seemapuri area, police said on Tuesday. Muslim (18) and his uncle have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder, they said, adding that the deceased has been identified as Akbar Ali Mirza, a resident ...Read More >
Kolkata: Naser Khan, who, along with his friends, was convicted of the gang rape of a woman in a moving car in 2012 and was released from jail in 2020, more than a year before the end of his 10-year term because of "good behaviour", was accused of molestation, assault, wrongful restraint and criminal intimidation following a bar brawl in a Bypass nightclub on Sunday. Khan, however, claimed he was innocent. "I was not at the club, I was at home when the incident happened with my nephew. I am a ch ...Read More >
Kolkata: A woman alleged that she was assaulted and molested by a group of men inside a nightclub located within a five-star hotel in Kolkata. Police said that the alleged incident took place in the early hours of October 26 and that an investigation is underway. However, no arrests have been made so far, according to a report by PTI. The complainant, accompanied by her husband, brother and friends, was inside the nightclub when an argument broke out with another group, leading to a violent con ...Read More >
Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar demanded swift punishment for the man who harassed the players. "You lock him up and throw the keys away. That's the only way such criminals should be treated," he told India Today TV channel. But Vijayvargiya, who looks after urban development and housing and parliamentary affairs in the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, seemed to put some of the onus on the players themselves to ensure they remained safe. "Whenever a player steps out, just like wh ...Read More >
The 21-year-old diploma engineering student was later arrested by RT Nagar police and remanded in judicial custody. A grocery delivery agent was arrested on Monday for molesting a Bengaluru woman while fulfilling an order at her apartment. The incident took place earlier this month but the victim -- a Brazilian model working in the city -- had not initially reported the incident. The incident comes mere days after a 21-year-old engineering student in Bengaluru was arrested for raping his senior ...Read More >
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said he was 'very, very sad' to hear about the Indore molestation case of two Australian women cricketers who are here for the 2025 World Cup. He said it was a 'heinous incident', hoping that the perpetrator was 'punished severely' with significant prison time. Two Australian women cricketers were followed and one molested by a man in the capital of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday morning. The incident occurred near Khajrana Road when the players were walking to a ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has drawn severe flak from several quarters for saying that the two Australian women cricketers, victims of sexual assault by a man in Indore, should also share the blame for their ordeal. Even as the shocking incident rattled the cricket world as well as the sports lovers in the country, BJP veteran Mr. Vijayvargiya's controversial statement on it has triggered fresh outrage with several senior political leaders condemning him for his 'disgr ...Read More >
Two Australian women cricketers were stalked and one was molested in Indore. A man on a motorcycle followed them from their hotel. Police arrested the accused, Akil Khan, based on a bystander's information. Khan has previous criminal cases. The incident occurred while the cricketers were in India for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup. Two Australian women cricketers, taking part in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, were allegedly stalked, and one of them was molested by a motorcycle-borne man ...Read More >
INDORE, India (AP) - Two cricketers from the Australian women's national team were inappropriately touched by a motorcyclist in the central Indian city of Indore, where they played in the Women´s Cricket World Cup. The two players were walking to a café from their team hotel on Thursday morning when the incident took place, Cricket Australia said Saturday. "CA can confirm two members of the Australian women´s team were approached and touched inappropriately by a motorcyclist while walking to ...Read More >
Kolkata: A 15-year-old girl who had come to the OPD of the state-run SSKM Hospital for a check-up on Wednesday afternoon was lured into a hospital washroom and molested by a 34-year-old man who claimed to be a ward boy at the NRS Hospital.The incident took place in the ground-floor washroom of the Trauma Care Centre (TCC) building, which is around 200 meters from the OPD building. Late on Wednesday, police arrested accused Amit Mullick from his home in Dhapa's Mallikpara.Mullick told cops he kne ...Read More >
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