Crime Against Women: News

19 Mar 2024

K-drama

Sex video scandal convict Jung Joon-young released from prison

Jung Joon-young, the infamous K-pop singer convicted in a high-profile gang rape and illicit sex video distribution case, walked out of Mokpo Prison in Jeollanam-do on Tuesday. He made his exit a day ahead of his expected release date.

25 Jan 2024

Alec Baldwin

'Rust': Alec Baldwin requests speedy trial in Halyna Hutchins's case

Alec Baldwin—who was recently indicted for a second time for involuntary manslaughter in the death case of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins—has filed a petition for a speedy trial.

04 Jan 2024

Hollywood

Know why Nigel Lythgoe is under investigation for assault lawsuits

Hollywood TV director-producer Nigel Lythgoe, who's behind popular American reality shows such as So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol, is currently looking at legal troubles.

US influencer shot dead by husband in front of daughter

A 33-year-old Hawaiian social media influencer and beauty entrepreneur, Theresa Cachuela, has been killed by her estranged husband.

14 Dec 2023

Indore

Indore: Man kills live-in partner for denying him sex, arrested

A man (24) stabbed his 20-year-old live-in partner with scissors for allegedly refusing to have sex with him in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

21 Nov 2023

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Teen rape survivor hacked to death by accused, brother

In a spine-chilling incident, a 19-year-old rape survivor was brutally hacked to death by two brothers out on bail in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district late on Monday, the police revealed on Tuesday.

09 Oct 2023

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Minor girl gang-raped, filmed by father's acquaintances

In a shocking incident, a minor girl was abducted and gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district.

02 Oct 2023

Madhya Pradesh

MP: 4 men allegedly gang-rape 35-year-old to avenge kin's murder

Four men allegedly abducted and gang-raped a 35-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Ashok Nagar district, the police said on Monday.

03 Sep 2023

Mumbai

Man rapes wife with sons, uploads videos on porn site

In a shocking incident in Trombay, Mumbai, a 40-year-old man and his two sons allegedly raped the former's second wife and uploaded videos of the act on a porn site, The Free Press Journal reported.

02 Sep 2023

Rajasthan

Massive row in Rajasthan after tribal woman stripped naked, paraded

In a shocking incident, a tribal woman was allegedly beaten, stripped naked, and paraded through her village in the Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan by her husband and in-laws on Thursday over an alleged love affair.

20 Aug 2023

Delhi

14-year-old accuses Delhi Women and Child Development officer of rape

In a shocking development, a top-ranking official of Delhi's Women and Child Development (WCD) Department has been accused of raping his friend's 14-year-old daughter multiple times between 2020 and 2021.

05 Aug 2023

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: 10 booked, 5 arrested over minor's alleged gangrape, murder

Ten people, including four women, have been booked for a gangrape and murder case in Rajasthan's Bhilwara.

31 Jul 2023

Hollywood

Who is Zachery Ty Bryan, actor arrested for domestic violence

Hollywood actor Zachery Ty Bryan, best known for his work on the American sitcom Home Improvement, was arrested in Oregon on Friday for alleged domestic assault, entertainment portal TMZ reported on Sunday.

23 Jul 2023

Manipur

Manipur: Freedom fighter's wife reportedly burnt alive by armed mob

As the ethnic violence continues to wreak havoc across Manipur, another horrifying story has come to light where the wife of a freedom fighter was reportedly burnt alive in the northeastern state's Kakching district.

22 Jul 2023

Manipur

Manipur video: Police make another arrest, 5 held so far

Days after a May 4 video showing two naked women being paraded by a mob in Manipur went viral, the police arrested a 19-year-old man on Friday.

16 Jul 2023

Madhya Pradesh

MP woman gang-raped, BJP leader's son among accused: Report

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's son is reportedly among four persons accused of gang-raping a woman and sexually abusing her minor sister in the Datia district of Madhya Pradesh.

24 Jun 2023

Singapore

Singapore: Indian chef jailed for molesting 2 teenage girls

A chef from India has reportedly been sentenced to three months and four weeks in jail for allegedly molesting two teenage girls in Singapore.

22 Jun 2023

Netflix

Tenoch Huerta quits Netflix film following sexual assault allegations

Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, known for projects such as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Narcos: Mexico has decided to take back a step professionally and quit Netflix's upcoming film Fiesta en la Madriguera.

10 Jun 2023

Karnataka

Karnataka: Man thrashed with slippers for allegedly harassing college girl

A man was reportedly slapped and beaten up with slippers in public for allegedly harassing a college student on Friday in Karnataka's Udupi district.

23 Apr 2023

West Bengal

Bengal: Fresh violence erupts over minor girl's alleged rape, murder

Fresh clashes between residents and the police have reportedly erupted in North Dinajpur's Kaliaganj village in West Bengal following the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl.

15 Apr 2023

Amazon Prime Video

'Dancing on The Grave': Everything about Amazon Prime Video series

True crime is a genre that, despite its spine-chilling stories, keeps the audience hooked.

12 Mar 2023

Delhi

Paharganj Holi incident: Japanese woman breaks silence after leaving India

The Japanese woman, reportedly harassed by a group of boys on Holi in Delhi's Paharganj on Wednesday, finally broke her silence on the incident through a series of posts on Twitter.

'Sexually assaulted by father as child': DCW chief Swati Maliwal

In a shocking revelation, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Saturday said that she was sexually assaulted and brutally beaten by her father as a child, reported ANI.

11 Mar 2023

Delhi Police

Minor among 3 held for harassing Japanese woman on Holi

The Delhi Police has held three individuals, including a minor, in connection with the harassment of a Japanese woman on Holi in Paharganj.

08 Mar 2023

United Nations (UN)

Gender equality 300 years away: UN chief on Women's Day

Gender equality is becoming an increasingly distant goal and could still be 300 years away, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday while addressing the General Assembly.

06 Mar 2023

Iran

Iran: Suspected targeted poison attacks affect girls from 50+ schools

A string of suspected targeted poisonings of schoolgirls in Iran has triggered a wave of panic in the country.

21 Feb 2023

Delhi

Another Delhi shocker: Woman set ablaze by live-in partner dies

In yet another horrific murder in Delhi, a 28-year-old woman died after her live-in partner allegedly set her ablaze following a dispute in Aman Vihar, PTI reported.

20 Feb 2023

Delhi

Sahil Gehlot's family asked him to 'silence' Nikki Yadav: Police

Sahil Gehlot, the main accused arrested for allegedly murdering his girlfriend Nikki Yadav in Delhi and storing her dead body in his family-owned dhaba's freezer, did so at his family's behest, Hindustan Times reported.

19 Feb 2023

Delhi

Nikki Yadav murder: Sahil Gehlot's constable cousin suspected as accomplice

The Delhi Police suspects that accused Sahil Gehlot, arrested for allegedly murdering his girlfriend Nikki Yadav and hiding her body in his dhaba's freezer, had hatched a conspiracy to kill her in the first week of February.

04 Feb 2023

Celebrity

Dancer Sapna Choudhary, family accused of dowry-related harassment; FIR registered

Dancer Sapna Choudhary is back in the news again after Haryana's Palwal Police registered a dowry harassment-related case against her and her family based on her sister-in-law's complaint.

31 Jan 2023

Kerala

Kerala: Man gets 3 life-terms for raping, impregnating minor daughter

A Kerala court on Monday sentenced a man to three life terms for repeatedly raping his minor daughter and impregnating her, PTI reported.

14 Jan 2023

Tamil Nadu

College student gang-raped in Tamil Nadu's Kancheepuram, five arrested

The Kancheepuram district police in Tamil Nadu arrested five people in connection with an alleged gang-rape of a 20-year-old college student on Friday.

15 Dec 2022

Murder

Shraddha case: Bones found in jungle match with father's DNA

The DNA test of the bones recovered by the police from the forested areas in Delhi's Mehrauli has reportedly established that they belonged to Shraddha Walkar.

13 Dec 2022

Bilkis Bano

SC: Hearing of Bilkis Bano's plea against convicts' release adjourned

Bilkis Bano's petition contesting the early release of 11 men—convicted for her gang rape and murder of her seven family members—was adjourned after one of the Supreme Court judges on the bench recused from hearing the case.

06 Dec 2022

Delhi Police

Shraddha Walkar murder: DNA analysis to be out this week

The DNA analysis report of the recovered bones in the Shraddha Walkar murder case is likely to be released by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) this week, the Delhi Police said.

01 Dec 2022

India

2 held for harassing South Korean woman influencer in Mumbai

The Mumbai Police arrested two youths on Thursday for harassing a South Korean woman while she was live-streaming in the city's Khar West.

23 Nov 2022

Delhi Police

Shraddha Walkar murder: Blood samples between tiles, site plan found

In a major development in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, the forensic team has reportedly found blood samples in the gaps between the bathroom and kitchen tiles of the flat in Delhi's Chhattarpur Pahari where the accused—Aftab Poonawalla—allegedly murdered her.

21 Nov 2022

Delhi

Shraddha Walkar murder: Police files plea for Poonawalla's polygraph test

Days after a metropolitan magistrate court in Delhi's Saket permitted the police to conduct a narcoanalysis test on Shraddha Walkar murder accused Aftab Poonawalla, the Delhi Police on Monday moved an application for his polygraph test.

21 Nov 2022

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Man kills ex-girlfriend, chops up body; family at large

The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a man on Saturday on allegations of murdering his ex-girlfriend, whose dismembered body was found inside a well in Azamgarh district.

Chhawla gang rape-murder case: Delhi government to challenge convicts' release

Two weeks after the Supreme Court ordered the release of the three convicts in the 2012 Chhawla gang rape-murder case, the Delhi government is set to challenge the order after receiving a go-ahead from Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) VK Saxena.

21 Nov 2022

Murder

Madhya Pradesh: Man kills wife, chops body over suspected infidelity

In a horrific incident, a man in Madhya Pradesh's (MP) Shahdol, on suspicion of infidelity, reportedly murdered his wife, chopped her body into two parts, and dumped them at separate places in a nearby forest.

20 Nov 2022

Delhi

Shraddha Walkar murder: Cops find skull, bones; sent for DNA

In a significant development, Delhi Police have recovered more remains of 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar from Mehrauli forest.

18 Nov 2022

Delhi

Shraddha Walkar murder: Live-in relationships trigger crime, says Union minister

In the aftermath of Shraddha Walkar's horrific murder in Delhi, a Union minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) central government, Kaushal Kishore, has blamed girls for the crime.

18 Nov 2022

Delhi

Shraddha Walkar death: Poonawalla had beer, watched Netflix after murder

More gory details surfacing in the Shraddha Walkar murder case reveal Aftab Ameen Poonawalla took around 10 hours to chop Walkar's body into 35 pieces after strangling her.

17 Nov 2022

Delhi Police

Shraddha Walkar: Fight over household items before murder, reveals Poonawala

A lot of dots remain to be connected in the gruesome Shraddha Walkar murder case.

15 Nov 2022

Delhi

Shraddha Walkar murder: Poonawalla under 24x7 watch in Delhi jail

Aftab Ameen Poonawalla—who confessed to chopping up his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar's body and disposing of it after strangling her in May—has been kept under round-the-clock watch in jail at South Delhi's Mehrauli Police Station.

15 Nov 2022

Murder

Delhi murder: Poonawalla invited dates to house after killing Shraddha

After the bone-chilling murder of Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aftab Ameen Poonawalla in Delhi came to the fore, it was also learned that the accused had dates come over to their house while Walkar's dismembered body parts were stuffed in a fridge.

14 Nov 2022

Delhi

Delhi: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 35 pieces

The Delhi Police recently arrested a man for allegedly murdering his live-in partner in May, chopping her body into 35 pieces, and then disposing of them in a forest.

Supreme Court bans two-finger test in rape cases: Details here

The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a ban on using the two-finger test in rape cases, calling it "patriarchal" and "unscientific."