A 'tantrik' has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman and her minor daughter after promising to cure her ailing husband in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, according to police.
Huma was 14 when she was abducted in October last year and forced to marry her abductor Abdul Jabbar after being converted to Islam, according to her parents Younis and Nagheena Masih.
A rape case of a 7-year-old Dalit minor girl has surfaced from Noida's Khushedpura village. According to police, a neighbour has been accused of raping a minor girl who has now been arrested.
A bank employee was arrested on Thursday on the charge of sexually abusing a minor girl at her house, police said. Ramkumar, working in a nationalised bank, had entered the 14-year-old girl's house a couple of days ago when she was alone and sexually assaulted her
A 12-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped repeatedly by four persons, including a minor, on several occasions in Haryana's Karnal district, police said on Thursday.
The victim said that the accused thrashed her family members when they objected to his behaviour. "When I reached the Naubasta police station with my family, the accused reached there and threatened us with consequences 'like the Unnao case'.
According to the FIR lodged by the victim's father, the attack took place late on Saturday afternoon when the girl's father was away for work and her mother was on the terrace. Sarvesh Rawat (32), a private company employee and father of three, sneaked into their house and grabbed the girl.
On Saturday, the 14-year-old went to hospital where she was confirmed to be four months pregnant following which her father lodged a complaint at Titawi police station, they said.
The priest had allegedly raped 14-year-old tribal girl on the pretext of teaching her the Bhagavad Gita. The incident had occurred in Reddivaripalli in Kadapa district on November 27.
SHO Gola police station D.P. Tiwari said: "The family of the accused is known to the girl and her family. We have booked the accused under IPC sections 376 (Rape) and POCSO Act. The girl was sent for medical examination and the report has confirmed that she was sexually assaulted by the accused. Doctor also confirmed that her condition was stable. Since the accused is a minor, he will be sent to juvenile home after the formalities are completed."
Local people thrashed the accused Jawahar Vaidya, tied his hands with a rope and paraded him naked on streets before handing him over to the police, an official said.
This is the third arrest in the case. Two persons, including a minor, were arrested on Thursday, a day of the incident took place, the police said.
The victim's brother said: "We do not have enmity with anyone in the village who could have possibly done this to take revenge. I had found an old knife near the body and informed police about it."
'Mama' gang leader Akash Randive and six other members are presently lodged at Yerawada Central Jail in Pune since 2016.
An FIR was lodged on Friday evening and the accused arrested, the CO said, adding that Arun has confessed to his crime.
The Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act special judge R Vanlalena on Friday sentenced Vanlalvena to life imprisonment for raping a four-and-half- year old girl in 2017.
A POCSO court in Angul on Friday awarded death penalty to a 20-year-old man for rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl when she was going to give food to her father, who was working in a farm.
A case under POCSO and IPC sections has been registered against a Delhi police head constable after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl. The incident was reported from Mundka area when the police constable and his domestic help were alone at home. The accused is on the run while efforts to nab him are underway.
A 17-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted from Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir last year, was recovered from Delhi, police said on Wednesday.
The Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a youth who had abducted a 16-year-old girl in Poonch district. The minor girl had gone missing and her parents had lodged a missing complaint about her. The special investigation team thereafter rescued the girl within 6 hours of her abduction.
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