Crime Against Children

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As per the complaint, the victim informed about the incident to her family on Tuesday (December 3) after which an FIR was registered at Vinoba Bhave Police Station under relevant sections. (Photo: File | Representational)

Mumbai: 61-year-old man arrested for raping 6-year-old girl

The incident took place on December 1 when the girl went out to play in the evening.

04 Dec 2019 3:48 PM

One of the daughters of a Bengaluru resident, Janardhan Sharma, recounted that she underwent mental torture in an ashram, allegedly belonging to Nithyananda. (Photo: File)

Rescued girl from Nithyananda ashram alleges she was tortured

The 15-year-old girl was rescued when her parents got her out of the ashram a month ago with the help of the child welfare committee.

23 Nov 2019 9:07 AM

Police have exhumed the girl's body and have started a further investigation into the matter. (Photo: AFP)

Karnataka man kills infant daughter on advice of astrologer as he wanted boy

Supreetha who along with her accused husband stay in Karnataka's Chikmagalur gave birth to a girl in the month of May.

20 Jun 2019 5:24 PM

One of the charges against the convict was that he had forced, persuaded, coerced and enticed girl students under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activities and was involved in explicit sexual conduct and abuse of minor schoolgirls. (Representational Image)

Pakistan school principal gets 105 years in prison for child abuse, rape

Attaullah Marwat was arrested after police registered a case against him on July 14, 2017, on the complaint of a boy student.

31 Oct 2018 2:41 PM

Arthur Perrault is expected to appear in US District Court in Albuquerque for a detention hearing as prosecutors seek to hold the 80-year-old priest until his trial for aggravated sexual abuse. (Photo: AP)

Ex-New Mexico priest blames child sex abuse on cancer he didn't have

Court documents filed in federal court said victims described Perrault showering them with gifts and meals before abusing them.

25 Sep 2018 3:28 PM

Police investigation revealed that the mother and her lover used to vent out their frustration on the child as indifferences cropped up between the two. (Representational Image)

Hyderabad: 4-yr-old branded with hot iron spoon as mother, her lover torture girl

Police and activists swung into action and rescued the young child on Monday after neighbours alerted a local MLA about the duo.

11 Sep 2018 12:59 PM

Addressing the media, Chouhan said, 'As per the provisions to penalise such culprits with the harshest of punishment, 13 people have so far been sentenced to death.' (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

13 individuals sentenced to death for raping minor girls: MP CM

Madhya Pradesh was the first state to promulgate a law to award death penalty to individuals accused in rape of minor girls.

22 Aug 2018 9:10 AM

The matter came to light when the girl got pregnant following which the parents of the victim approached Talera police station on November 26, 2015 and lodged a report. (Representational image)

Rajasthan: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping 14-yr-old cousin

The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 on Pintu Rager, 23, a resident of Jhakmund village in Bundi district.

19 Aug 2018 11:37 AM

The girl was allegedly raped multiple times by her father, an official said. (Representational Image)

Minor raped by father, allowed by court to terminate 13-week pregnancy

The judge has ordered to preserve the foetus for DNA sample.

19 Aug 2018 10:49 AM

The grand jury on Tuesday released the findings of the largest-ever investigation of sex abuse in the US Catholic Church, finding that 301 priests in the state had sexually abused minors over the past 70 years (Representational Image)

Shame and sorrow: Vatican on decades-long sex abuse by priests in US

Priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused about 1,000 people over 70 yrs, vowing to hold abusers and those who protected them accountable.

17 Aug 2018 12:20 PM

The grand jury said it believes 'real number' of children might be 'in thousands' since some records were lost and victims were afraid to come forward. (Representational Image)

Over 1,000 kids molested by Catholic priests in 6 Pennsylvania dioceses: report

Most of victims were boys, but girls were abused, too. The abuse ranged from groping and masturbation to anal, oral and vaginal rape.

15 Aug 2018 11:42 AM

A bench headed by Madan B Lokur referred to the data placed before it by the Centre and observed that 1,575 children, including 286 boys, have been sexually or physically abused in the shelter homes in different parts of the country. (Photo: File)

What action has been taken in cases of child sexual abuse, SC asks Centre

SC had termed as 'horrific' the case of alleged sexual abuse of girls in Muzaffarpur and pulled up state government for funding it.

14 Aug 2018 5:25 PM

Addressing at the 'Mahila Adhikar Sammelan' in Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, Rahul said, 'The Prime Minister speaks on everything, but does not utter a word when crimes are committed against women in Uttar Pradesh and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled states. No action is taken against the accused if he is a member of their party.' (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

PM Modi silent on crimes against women, children: Rahul Gandhi

Continuing his tirade against PM Modi, Rahul asserted that the former never said anything on the alarming rise of rape incidents.

07 Aug 2018 3:23 PM

Das unlawfully possessed computer graphic files containing approximately 1,000 photographs and 380 videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. (Representational/PTI)

Indian man in US had 1,000 child porn photos, 380 videos, gets 4 yrs in jail

Abhijeet Das, 28, of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 52 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release.

05 Aug 2018 12:10 PM

Over 30 minor girls were sedated, tortured and raped at a government funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur district, from where 42 girls were rescued late last month. (Photo: YouTube | Screengrab)

Can’t let them relive trauma again: SC bans morphed images of Bihar shelter rape victims

The Supreme Court has also issued notice to Bihar government and the Centre and sought reply from them.

02 Aug 2018 12:25 PM

The tutor, Pooja Singh, had beaten the boy at his home in Lake Town area in the northern fringes of Kolkata on July 22, 2014 which was caught on CCTV. (Photo: File/Representational)

Kolkata tutor sentenced to 6 months for beating 3-and-half year old

Justice Shubra Som Ghoshal sentenced tutor to six-month imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on her on Monday.

25 Jul 2018 12:53 PM

The accused allegedly persuaded the girl to go with him to a secluded area on Sunday morning and raped her. (Photo: File | Representational)

12-yr-old deaf, mute girl raped in MP, reveals ordeal in sign language

Shaliendra Chouhan (26), the accused, was arrested within hours of the incident which took place at Machhwai village, police said.

22 Jul 2018 3:59 PM

Police said that the girl alleged she was raped by the bikers for two days and was later dropped in Nasrullaganj. (Representational image)

15-yr-old runs away from school, raped by 4 men in 4 days in MP’s Dewas

The girl left for school at 8 am on July 16 and was raped on her way back home.

22 Jul 2018 1:52 PM

Officials probing the case said the incident came to light when they met the children as they visited the orphanage as part of investigation into another case. (Representational Image)

19-yr-old man held for sexually abusing 2 boys at orphanage for 2 yrs in Kochi

Jose Maveli, director of Janaseva Sisubhavan at Aluva and an employee were also arrested for allegedly covering up the sexual assault.

21 Jul 2018 2:19 PM

The minimum punishment in case of rape of women has been increased from rigorous imprisonment of seven years to 10 years, extendable to life imprisonment. (Photo: File)

Bill on death for raping children below 12 to be presented soon: Cabinet

The decision was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

18 Jul 2018 7:44 PM

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