-The Hindu The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed its deep concern at the utter insensitivity of the Uttar Pradesh police in dealing with two rape victims, including a 10-year-old, and called for reports from the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) on the incidents. The approach of policemen to the rape victims was so horrible that one victim was put behind bars for 20 hours and the...
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Two rape accused lynched in Rajasthan
-PTI Jaipur: After a recent incident in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, where a rape accused was beaten to death by the five-year-old victim's family members, a similar incident was reported in Hanumangarh where villagers lynched a man for allegedly trying to sexually assault a seven-year-old girl on Tuesday. A 53-year-old man from Gudiya village in Sangaria, Hanumangarh, Trilok Singh Bawri, allegedly took the seven-year-old girl from the village to his house and molested her...
More »Ensure the accused are not brought before the victim, urge activists-Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Demanding that the police ensure that the accused in the recent Sexual Assault of the five-year-old girl not be brought before the child in any manner and that the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (POCSO) be followed strictly, child rights activists and non-government organisations working in the area have now written to the Delhi Police in the matter. In a letter written to the...
More »Cop who offered Rs 2,000 to hush up Delhi child rape identified
-IANS New Delhi: The father of a five-year-old rape victim in Delhi has identified a policeman who allegedly tried to bribe the family to not register a case, official sources said on Wednesday. Police sources said the father of the East Delhi girl identified the policeman who allegedly offered a bribe of Rs 2,000 to the family for not registering a first information report (FIR) in the case. They did not reveal...
More »No country for women -Rasheeda Bhagat
-The Hindu Business Line While violence against women continues unabated in India, our crime investigation and justice systems offer no comfort. The Capital has erupted once again over the gruesome kidnapping and rape of a five-year-old girl child. This time, the protests are more political with the presence of volunteers from organisations such as the Aam Aadmi Party, the ABVP, etc. But matters have come to such a head vis-à-vis the gender...
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