Assault

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JNU Vice-Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar on Saturday claimed that a group of 15-20 students surrounded him "in a violent manner" on the campus and abused and tried to attack him but the university security staff and police personnel rescued him. (Photo: File)

JNU Vice-Chancellor says students abused, tried to attack him on campus

JNU has been seeing protests for one-and-a-half months over the increase in fee and students have boycotted exams over the issue.

15 Dec 2019 12:58 PM

The victim was treated at a hospital. (Representational Image)

US man forces pregnant girlfriend to drink toilet water, bleach; jailed

Police said the assault took place Wednesday at the 20-year-old victim’s apartment in St. Peters.

23 Nov 2019 10:25 AM

The woman was taken to hospital following the attack and discharged, the police said on Friday. (Representational Image)

On CCTV, man punches, stomps on heavily-pregnant woman at Sydney cafe

After several frenzied punches, the woman fell to the ground and was stamped on, before bystanders wrestled the assailant away.

22 Nov 2019 12:22 PM

Twenty one people were arrested for allegedly parading an 81-year-old woman in her village after blackening her face and garlanding her with shoes on the suspicion that she practised sorcery, police said on Sunday. (Representational Image)

21 arrested for parading 81-year-old woman after garlanding with shoes, blackening her face

The police officer said a policeman visited the village the next day after the complaint was received.

11 Nov 2019 11:51 AM

A Dalit youth was allegedly stripped and flogged while another was abused and assaulted by a group of men at a roadside eatery in Sabarmati Tol Naka area of Ahmedabad on Sunday night. (Photo: Twitter screenshot)

2 Dalit youth stripped, assaulted after argument with Ahmedabad restaurant owner

According to Indian Express, an argument ensued between the eatery owner and Pragnesh after which the two youths were beaten up with sticks.

04 Nov 2019 3:45 PM

A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus marshal was allegedly beaten up by a policeman in Burari after an argument, police said on Sunday. (Photo: Representational Image/ File)

DTC bus marshal beaten up by policeman after altercation in Delhi's Burari

A case has been registered against the policeman, who works in the security unit of the Delhi police.

04 Nov 2019 9:22 AM

Sonali Phogat in her complaint to the police on Tuesday alleged that she was roughed up by her sister Rukesh and brother-in-law Aman and both of them also threatened her after the two sides had a verbal duel over some matter. (Photo: File | ANI)

Tik Tok star Sonali Phogat files assault complaint against sister, brother-in-law

Phogat alleged that the incident occurred on Oct 28 evening when they were visiting her parental house.

31 Oct 2019 1:56 PM

This came barely hours after the 23-year-old woman, a student at a law college that Chinmayanandis at the head of, went to a court protected by over 50 police personnel and recorded her statement in the court of the chief judicial magistrate.(Photo: File)

Rape accused BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, suffering from diarrhoea

The team of doctors told reported that the leader was suffering from diarrhoea.

17 Sep 2019 4:14 PM

Police said they intervened and took them inside the station where the two women lodged a formal complaint, accusing the man of cheating them after marriage and attempting to enter into wedlock with another. (Representational Image)

Husband beaten up by 2 wives for trying to enter into wedlock with another

Further investigation was on, police said even as a video of the man being thrashed by his wives went viral on social media.

11 Sep 2019 8:53 AM

Girls staying at Jehanabad Boarding School in Bihar alleged that the hostel caretaker used to consume liquor on a regular basis and had once beaten an inmate. (Representational Image)

Bihar women students claim hostel caretaker drank alcohol, thrashed girl

A letter has also been sent to the Superintendent of Police in order to increase the police force around the hostel.

06 Sep 2019 2:34 PM

A policeman deployed in the security of a senior judicial officer in Bihar's Katihar has accused the judge of assaulting him and tearing off his uniform in a fit of rage over his vehicle getting stuck in a traffic jam, an official said on Thursday. (Representational Image)

Bihar policeman blames judge for assaulting him for traffic jam

He said that he saved his life by running away and hiding inside the Collectorate premises.

06 Sep 2019 2:14 PM

The NHRC on Thursday sent a notice to the Gurgaon police commissioner over reports that a domestic help was allegedly detained for several hours, stripped and thrashed by police personnel after her employers accused her of theft. (Representational Image)

Notice served to Gurgaon top cop after Assam woman ‘stripped, beaten’ in lockup

It is further reported that around 9 pm, the same day, the woman called her husband to the police station.

06 Sep 2019 11:47 AM

The Health Ministry has asked for feedback from the public on how to improve the draft Healthcare Service Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill, 2019, which was made public on Monday. (Representational image)

Up to 10 years jail, Rs 10 lakh fine for violence against doctors: Draft bill

This draft bill has been prepared to deal with rising cases of assault on doctors while they are at work.

03 Sep 2019 1:09 PM

A 43-year-old American woman was charged for allegedly abusing and assaulting a burqa-clad doctor in Pune on Sunday, police said. (Representational Image)

US woman abuses, assaults Pune doctor wearing burqa, arrested

A non-cognisable offence refers to one in which the police has no authority to apprehend a person for crime on their own.

03 Sep 2019 8:33 AM

TV actor Nalini Negi files FIR against roommate and her mother for assault

Nalini said that she will make sure to sue them and get them punished.

31 Aug 2019 4:17 PM

A woman staffer at a toll plaza in Gurugram was allegedly assaulted by a commuter when she refused to let him pass without paying toll tax, prompting her to slap the man back. (Representational Image)

Man slaps woman employee at Gurgaon toll plaza booth

The incident took place at the Kherki Dhaula toll plaza and the man was arrested, the police said.

30 Aug 2019 10:26 AM

A woman’s husband and father-in-law thrashed her parents in Nakatia area in Bareilly on Sunday as a dowry dispute was going on between two families. (Representational Image)

UP: Man bites mother-in-laws nose, father slits her ear in dowry dispute

Rehman gave a dowry worth Rs 10 lakh to his daughter, but after Chand Bi gave birth to a baby her in-laws started demanding Rs 5 lakh more.

26 Aug 2019 3:34 PM

TV actress harassed by petrol pump employees in Kolkata

The actress and her parents had gone to the petrol pump in Kasba area this morning to refuel their vehicle.

26 Aug 2019 11:30 AM

She alleged that despite asking the employees to fill fuel worth Rs 1,500, they put in more than that into the vehicle's tank, the police officer said. (Representational Image)

TV actress assaulted by petrol pump staff in Kolkata over excess fuel

Nobody has been arrested but an investigation is on, a police officer said.

26 Aug 2019 10:03 AM

A 31-year-old woman from Uzbekistan has alleged that she was beaten up and gangraped by three men inside a Scorpio car in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, police said on Monday. (Representational Image)

Uzbek woman assaulted, gang raped in Gurgaon; dumped in Delhi

Based on her complaint, a case has been registered at Vasant Kunj (North) police station and police said the matter is being investigated.

13 Aug 2019 10:00 AM

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