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New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) A three-member panel of the National Commission for Women (NCW) probing the alleged killing of a 12-year-old girl in an "occult ritual" in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district visited the site on Friday and met the victim's family, locals and neighbours. The NCW panel, however, said they are yet to be given key documents related to the incident. The committee, comprising Mamta Kumari, Manmohan Verma and Kanchan, also interacted with the grandchildren of a 70-year-old 'tantrik ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP's Rajya Sabha member from Jharkhand, Aditya Prasad, on Thursday termed the 'ritualistic' murder of a 13-year-old girl in Hazaribagh district as a deeply "unfortunate" and shocking incident that exposes the dangerous persistence of superstition and black magic in the state. He raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha. The gruesome case came to light in Kusumbha village under the Bishnugarh police station area, where the minor girl was allegedly strangled to dea ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Commission for Women took suo motu cognisance of a report about the alleged stalking and harassment of a college student in Chennai and a subsequent machete attack on her father and brother. It said a detailed action taken report has been sought from the state police within seven days. The commission's Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has directed the Tamil Nadu DGP to ensure a prompt, thorough and time-bound investigation into the case. The National Commission ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Commission for Women on Wednesday constituted a three-member inquiry committee to probe the alleged murder of a 12-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district. The committee will visit the spot on April 2 and interact with the authorities concerned. It has been asked to submit its report to the National Commission for Women (NCW) within 10 working days. The girl's body was found under suspicious circumstances on March 25 and bore signs of extreme bruta ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a report alleging sexual misconduct by a police officer in Maharashtra's Akola district. The commission's chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, has directed the state's director general of police to ensure immediate registration of an FIR, initiate strict departmental action, conduct a fair and time-bound investigation, and undertake sensitisation measures for police personnel. ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Commission for Women (NCW), on Wednesday, took strict note of a heinous incident involving a 12-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district and constituted a three-member inquiry committee to probe the matter. Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports, the Commission expressed grave concern over the circumstances surrounding the case. According to available information, the minor girl's body was found under suspicious conditions on March ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a report alleging sexual misconduct by a police officer in Maharashtra's Akola district. The commission's chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, has directed the state's director general of police to ensure immediate registration of an FIR, initiate strict departmental action, conduct a fair and time-bound investigation, and undertake sensitisation measures for police personnel. A detailed action tak ...Read More >
Thoothukudi, December 17: Police have arrested three individuals, including two minors, in connection with an incident where a woman was gang-raped in front of her husband after he was assaulted near Srivaikundam in Tamil Nadu. According to a statement, a private hollow block manufacturing unit operates in the Arasarkulam area under Srivaikundam taluk in Thoothukudi district. A labour contractor from Assam working in Tirunelveli district had taken a commission from the unit's owner and employed ...Read More >
A 20-year-old Delhi college student sustained acid burn injuries after three men attacked her on Sunday. The incident, allegedly stemming from a past argument and stalking, saw acid thrown on her as she walked towards Laxmi Bai College. The victim is receiving treatment, and police have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. A 20-year-old woman from Delhi's Mukundpur suffered acid burn injuries as three men allegedly attacked her on Sunday over a heated argument that took place fe ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Archana Majumdar, member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), stated on Monday that the commission is ensuring prompt medical care, counselling, and rehabilitation for the 20-year-old Delhi University student who was attacked by a stalker with acid. Speaking to ANI, Majumdar called for strict legal action and reaffirmed its commitment to women's safety, security, and dignity. "The NCW is committed to women's security, safety, and dignity... We are en ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Trinamool Congress on Saturday slammed the BJP over its lack of outrage and studied silence on the suicide of a woman doctor in Maharashtra following repeated rape by police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badne and after being intimidated and threatened by an MP in the state. State minister Shashi Panja questioned whether the BJP has become so emotionally bankrupt that their leaders choose to ignore such a serious incident in a state ruled by their own party and its al ...Read More >
The sub-divisional court remanded the four accused -- including the woman's male friend, also a student of the same college -- to judicial custody till next Monday. A local court here on Wednesday remanded four accused, arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of a medical student, to judicial custody till October 27. The student from Odisha was allegedly gangraped by some men outside the campus of the private medical college here on October 10 when she went out with a friend for dinne ...Read More >
Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], October 23 (ANI): Durgapur Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of six accused individuals in the alleged rape of an MBBS student. The accused were produced before the court after completing their police remand periods, ranging from 7 to 10 days. The accused have been sent to judicial custody until October 27, with their next court appearance scheduled for the same date. Also Read | Darjeeling Road Accident: 4 Killed, 16 Injured As Vehicle Falls Into Gorge ...Read More >
Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], October 23 (ANI): Durgapur Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of six accused individuals in the alleged rape of an MBBS student. The accused were produced before the court after completing their police remand periods, ranging from 7 to 10 days. The accused have been sent to judicial custody until October 27, with their next court appearance scheduled for the same date. The court has ordered a Test Identification Parade (TI) for the accused on October 24. ...Read More >
Bengaluru, October 22: On Wednesday, October 22, the Bengaluru police said that they arrested a dermatologist for "sexually harassing" a 21-year-old woman who visited his clinic in the city for a consultation. The alleged incident occurred at around 7.30 PM on Saturday, October 18, when the woman complainant visited the dermatologist for treatment of a skin infection. The accused was later identified as Dr Praveen (56). In her complaint, the woman claimed that the doctor allegedly misbehaved wi ...Read More >
The alleged incident occurred on October 10. The accused, identified as Jeevan Gowda, a sixth-semester student, was arrested by Bengaluru police on Wednesday and has been remanded to judicial custody. Police have arrested a 21-year-old engineering student for allegedly raping his college mate inside a men's washroom on the campus of a private college in South Bengaluru. The alleged incident occurred on October 10. The accused, identified as Jeevan Gowda, a sixth-semester student, was taken int ...Read More >
Bengaluru, October 17: In a shocking incident, an engineering student was allegedly raped on the premises of her college within the limits of Hanumanthanagar police station in Bengaluru. The incident came to light on Friday. The police have arrested the accused, identified as 21-year-old Jeevan Gowda. He was later produced in a court, which remanded him to judicial custody. According to the police, the accused and the victim were friends studying in the same college. The accused was a classmate ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, has written a letter to the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday, citing the rising number of sexual assaults on girls in the state, and demanding urgent intervention. He also urged the NCW to send a fact-finding committee urgently to the state. Ashoka stated, "The law and order in Karnataka has collapsed. In just 4 months, 979 incidents of sexual assaults on girls were reported. In B ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The Biju Janata Dal on Wednesday strongly criticised Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi for making the recording of his conversation with the Durgapur gangrape victim public which it said violated the Supreme Court guidelines. Addressing a media conference here, party's Rajya Sabha member Sulata Deo, and senior general secretaries of Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) Lekhashri Samantasinghar and Tukuni Sahu said the gangrape incident at Durgapur is painful but the release of the recordi ...Read More >
The police said they had also found that the survivor was sexually assaulted by one person. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The woman from Odisha, a second-year MBBS student, had stepped out with the friend on the night of the crime * In his police complaint, the survivor's father had named the friend * The man was taken to the scene of the crime and interrogated several times before he was arrested Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode T ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a shocking statement on Sunday as she advised colleges not to allow girls to go outside at night after the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Durgapur. "I'm shocked to see the incident, but private medical colleges also should take care of their students, and especially girls. The girls should not be allowed to go outside (college) at night. They have to protect themselves also. There is a forest area. Police are searching all the people," M ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 12: The West Bengal police arrested three persons in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a second-year medical student from a private medical college and hospital in Durgapur, West Burdwan district, on Sunday. They have not disclosed the identities of the arrested individuals but confirmed that efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining accused. According to officials, investigators have identified five suspects in the case. "Three of them have been arrested, while two o ...Read More >
Mysuru, October 1: A "virgin" sex racket exploiting minor girls for prostitution has been busted by Mysuru city police in Karnataka, resulting in the arrest of two people. The accused allegedly demanded INR 20 lakh per arrangement, targeting clients who believed in a superstition that "sex with virgin girls could cure mental illnesses". The breakthrough came after the NGO Odanadi Seva Samsthe received intelligence about the racket and alerted the police. A decoy operation was set up in Mysuru, l ...Read More >
Bengaluru, September 30: In a shocking incident, a man slit his wife's throat and stabbed her 45 times over suspicion of being friendly with male colleagues at her workplace. The gruesome act took place in their rented house on Ullal Main Road, Bengaluru, on Sunday, September 28. The husband, Dharmaseelan Ramesh, later ended his own life by hanging himself beside her. The deceased, Manju P, a 27-year-old nurse from Tamil Nadu, was found in a pool of blood. Authorities say the attack appeared pre ...Read More >
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognizance of a matter involving Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati (alias Parth Sarthy), Director and Member of the Management Committee of the Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management in New Delhi. He is accused of abusing, harassing, and sexually harassing over 15 female students, including women who were enrolled in the EWS scholarship program. Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) Parents of a Jadavpur University student, who died after falling into a pond inside the campus last week, on Monday lodged a complaint with the police claiming that their daughter was murdered. Earlier in the day, they met Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma and other officers at Lalbazar, the headquarters of the force. The English Literature student was found unconscious in the pond on the night of September 11 and declared dead at a nearby hospital. "The parents, i ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) Alleging that their daughter was murdered, parents of the Jadavpur University English Literature student, who was found unconscious in a pond inside the campus on the night of September 11 and declared dead at a nearby hospital, met Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma and other officers at Lalbazar on Monday, an officer said. Her parents had said on Sunday that they would lodge a police complaint claiming foul play in their daughter's death. "The parents reached Kolka ...Read More >
Kolkata: The father of deceased Jadavpur University English Honours student Anamika Mandal has decided to file a police complaint, alleging foul play in the unnatural death of his only daughter, who was found unconscious in a pond inside the campus on the night of September and declared dead at a nearby hospital. The grieving father, who performed her last rites on Sunday, told reporters at his Nimta home that he was puzzled why Anamika, who didn't know how to swim, would go to the edge of the ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) The father of deceased Jadavpur University English Honours student Anamika Mandal has decided to file a police complaint, alleging foul play in the unnatural death of his only daughter, who was found unconscious in a pond inside the campus on the night of September and declared dead at a nearby hospital. The grieving father, who performed her last rites on Sunday, told reporters at his Nimta home that he was puzzled why Anamika, who didn't know how to swim, would go to the ...Read More >
Kolkata: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the recent death of a female student at Jadavpur University and written to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, requesting an action-taken report within three days. The NCW said, "The National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognizance of a disturbing media report titled "Woman Student Found Dead Inside Jadavpur University" wherein a 21-year-old third-year student of the English department was found de ...Read More >
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