-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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Third member of family in suicide pact dies
-The Times of India ROHTAK: One more member of the Hisar dalitfamily who had attempted suicide on Monday died in hospital on Tuesday, taking the toll to three. The nine-year-old boy breathed his last early on Tuesday while undergoing treatment atPGIMS in Rohtak. Doctors said the condition of two others, including an 11-year-old boy and his father, was still critical. On Monday, the mother and sister of a rape victim had died...
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 »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 »Haryana rape victim's family attempts suicide, two dead
-IANS Chandigarh: Allegedly harassed by police over their missing daughter, who was a rape victim, a Dalit family in Haryana's Hisar district Monday attempted suicide, leaving two dead and three others in a critical condition. The mother of the rape victim and her sister were declared dead by doctors in Hisar civil hospital, 230 km from here, while the father and two brothers, aged 11 and nine, were admitted to the Post-Graduate...
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