Child Rape
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Delhi Police arrests rape-murder accused of nine-year-old girl after encounter near Hapur
Crime | Jun 11, 2025, 06:49 AM ISTDelhi Police on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old man near Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur area. The accused, a resident of Nehru Vihar, attempted to flee custody and attacked a constable with a hidden blade.
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SHOCKING!!! Class 1 student booked for attempt to rape classmate
Crime | Sep 01, 2019, 10:47 PM ISTDeputy Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar said the victim's mother complained that a classmate of her daughter attempted to rape her in the school during the lunch break.
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Across India, 1.5 lakh child rape cases pending
India | Jul 25, 2019, 07:18 PM ISTIn a shocking revelation, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that 150,332 child rape cases are pending and the disposal rate is mere 9 per cent in the country as on June 30. The victims await a child-friendly justice delivery system.
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Child rapist get death sentence in just a month after crime in Bhopal
India | Jul 11, 2019, 11:53 PM ISTIn possibly the first case after the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was amended to provide for death penalty in cases of sexual offences against children, a special court on Thursday handed down capital punishment for a man convicted of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl.
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Cabinet approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against children
India | Jul 10, 2019, 07:17 PM ISTThe Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
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Hyderabad temple priests worship cows, perform 'special puja' to prevent child rapes in India
India | Jun 24, 2019, 10:34 AM ISTPriests of Chilkur Balaji temple offered prayers by worshipping cows in Hyderabad on Sunday to control sexual assault cases against minors in India.
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Odisha: Girl slashes wrist in school after naming principal as rapist
India | Aug 05, 2018, 02:24 PM ISTThe head master of the government-run residential school at Sikhpalli was arrested today after a note was found in a notebook of the girl, Superintendent of Police Jagmohan Meena said.
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Govt introduced death penalty for child rape to ensure justice to our daughters: PM Modi in Madhya Pradesh
India | Apr 24, 2018, 04:18 PM ISTStressing on education to children, the prime minister said that representatives of all panchayats should ensure that not a single child in village is bereft of education.
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UP horror: 8-year-old raped, strangled to death in Etah; accused arrested
India | Apr 17, 2018, 12:15 PM ISTAmid the nationwide outrage over Kathua and Unnao incidents, another horrendous rape and murder case has come into light, this time from Uttar Pradesh.
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Kathua rape-murder case: Maneka Gandhi to ask for death penalty for child rape
India | Apr 13, 2018, 04:50 PM ISTInvestigations have revealed that the girl was held in a temple, drugged, repeatedly raped and finally murdered to scare the nomadic Muslim community out of the village.
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Delhi shocker: 8-month-old raped by 28-year-old cousin; condition stable
India | Jan 30, 2018, 10:17 AM ISTIn a shameful incident, an eight-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped by her cousin in northwest Delhi's Netaji Subhash Place on Monday.
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DCW issues notice to Union Home Secretary
India | Apr 25, 2016, 11:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a ‘notice’ to the Union Home Secretary seeking reasons for the postponement of the Special Task Force’s (STF) meeting on women’s safety. It also sought
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Castration best solution for child rapists, Madras HC tells Centre
India | Oct 26, 2015, 09:47 AM ISTNew Delhi: Castration. This is Madras High Court's solution to curb growing cases of sex offences against children. In strongly worded order released on Sunday, the Madras High Court has recommended to the Centre to
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North Indians targeted in Kolhapur after child's rape
India | Aug 14, 2013, 08:44 AM ISTSangli: Suspected Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena activists yesterday attacked migrant workers from North India and ransacked their properties in adjoining Kolhapur district after a two-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a labourer
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Youth held for child rape in Delhi
India | Jul 14, 2013, 06:58 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 14: A youth has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl when she was alone at her house in Pashim Vihar area in West Delhi, police said yersterday.According to police, Hiral
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Child rape: Petitioner wants errant cops booked
India | Apr 23, 2013, 09:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 23: A complaint was filed Tuesday in a Delhi court seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against three suspended policemen for alleged lapses in the handling of a five-year-old girl's