Rape News

There have been angry protests in Assam over the death of a 30-year-old married woman who was allegedly gang-raped in an auto rickshaw and thrown out of it Friday. However, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who has ordered an inquiry and is "personally monitoring" the situation, has told that the initial post-mortem report does not indicate rape.

Ever since she turned 14, her father raped her regularly for 12 years, and beat her mother if she tried to stop him. Their ordeal ended when a social worker chanced upon her traumatized mother. Moreover, police discovered that the man, now 50, had bought a 14-year-old girl from Agra and held her captive in a room in Malwani (Mumbai).

The post-mortem reports of Sangeeta Devi, the 30-year-old woman who was allegedly gangraped and murdered in Assam, has proven that there was no sexual assault on her and the death was caused due to head injuries. Also, Sangeeta's husband stated that her eyes were not gouged out and merely appeared swollen because of the injuries.

Beleaguered Tehelka's founder-editor Tarun Tejpal was taken into custody by Goa Police on Saturday, after his bail plea was rejected by a Goa sessions court. The Goa Police had filed an FIR against him on November-22, based on media reports and the complaint filed by the victim. The alleged incident had occurred during the ThinkFest event during November 7-8.

In a dramatic escape, an SUV supposedly carrying rape accused Narayan Sai broke through a barrier of Taj Expressway in Agra and disappeared on the route towards Mathura on Saturday night. Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Sai, who carries a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, has been absconding since his father's arrest and has been repeatedly seen around Agra.

An RTI application has shown that Mumbai registered eight gangrapes till mid-August including the Shakti Mill gangrape case. The figure for 2013 is likely to be greater compared to 2012 (eight gangrapes), as in November alone, two gangrapes were reported in Dindoshi and Borivli Link Road. Moreover, cases of single-offender rape are many times more: 229 were reported till mid-August.

Spiritual leader Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai, who had been absconding since past 58 days, was finally arrested on Tuesday night by Delhi Police. He was reportedly caught near the Delhi border, while trying to enter from Haryana disguised as a Sikh man. Both Asaram and Sai were booked in October for the alleged rape of two sisters.

Desirous of making quick bucks, a man named Issar Ali Lashkar (26), reportedly struck a Rs 1.5 lakh deal with four of his friends to share his wife (23) with them for a night. The woman was accompanied by his hubby's friends to a community hall in Mumbai and was gang-raped there. Police have arrested all five accused.

According to a proposed amendment of the Juvenile Justice Act, Juveniles above 16 years of age who are guilty of heinous crimes like murder and rape, will not be handed down either life imprisonment or capital punishment. This amendment ensures that the government stands clear of violating the United Nations Convention on Rights of Child ( UNCRC).

Seeking action against tainted former judge, Justice AK Ganguly, Law minister Kapil Sibal said, "A retired judge should be dealt with like a common man". BJP leader Arun Jaitley has also accused SC of taking an escapist route, and failing to deliver justice. Meanwhile, Mamta Banerjee has even written to President Pranab Mukherjee for urgent and appropriate action against Ganguly.

A case of molestation was filed against newly elected AAP legislator Dharmendra Koli ((brother of activist Santosh Koli) by wife of Congress leader Veer Singh Dhingan on Monday, police said. Allegedly, she was molested during a rally brought out after Koli's victory in the assembly elections. Notably, Dhingan was defeated by Koli in the Seemapuri constituency.

A yoga teacher in Goa, named Krishna Sharma (36), has been arrested for allegedly raping a German tourist (33), who was also one of his students. Police arrested the accused in the morning at the airport as he was trying to leave. The native of UP, Krishna, had allegedly raped the woman in her guesthouse on Monday night.

The Surat Police Commissioner on Wednesday said that Narayan Sai, the 41-year-old son of godman Asaram Bapu, has confessed of raping a woman who lived at his father's ashram in Surat. He had further admitted that he had a physical relationship with eight other women followers in different parts of the country, the commissioner added.

The Surat police blew the lid on a Rs 13 crore conspiracy hatched by Narayan Sai to bribe cops, doctors and judicial officers so that he would not be convicted of rape. The conspiracy was revealed when police sub-inspector Kumbhani was caught red-handed while accepting a Rs 1 crore cash bribe from a former public relation officer of Asaram Ashram.

Five police constables have been arrested in Chandigarh for allegedly raping a 17-year-old school-girl for several weeks. The girl, who had called police to report a family dispute, has alleged that she was raped at gunpoint and sexually assaulted for weeks in a Police Control Room (PCR) van. The girl's family reportedly found it out when she tried to commit suicide.

Eight people were arrested on Saturday, for allegedly kidnapping and forcing two medical college students to perform sex in Mangalore. Also, the gang reportedly videographed the couple in act and tried to extort Rs.25 lakh from them, threatening to put the video on the internet. All accused have been remanded to three days' police custody.

On Christmas eve, a 20-year-old woman was abducted by three men and raped by one of them in Karaikal (Puducherry). Within minutes after she was let off by them, another group of seven men abducted her and six of them took turns to rape her. Police rescued the woman following a tip off from her friend and arrested 10 people.

A 16-year-old girl, who died after she was twice raped by a gang in October and set on fire by the accused, was Wednesday cremated amid a raging political row. Protests erupted when the police tried to ‘forcibly cremate’ the girl’s body. Attacking the 'forcible cremation', both the Congress and Left Front have planned statewide protests and condemnation rallies Thursday.