Crime Against Women: News
26 Oct 2022
MumbaiMumbai court jails man for referring minor girl as 'item'
A local court in Mumbai sentenced a man to one-and-half years in jail for sexually harassing a minor in a seven-year-old case.
21 Oct 2022
GhaziabadGhaziabad gang-rape case a conspiracy to implicate property rivals: Police
The alleged Ghaziabad gang-rape that was reported on Tuesday has a new twist as police have said that it was a 'conspiracy' to implicate the rivals involved in a property dispute.
08 Oct 2022
AssamAssam: Man rapes minor, dumps in sack. She walks home
A 27-year-old man allegedly raped his minor 'girlfriend', slit her throat, and then dumped her in a tea garden by stuffing her in a sack in Moynagarh, around 20 kilometer from Silchar town in Assam on Monday night.
26 Sep 2022
MumbaiMumbai: 9yrs in captivity leaves kidnapped girl mentally, physically scarred
After being kidnapped and held captive by a couple for nine years, Mumbai's 16-year-old Pooja Gaud reunited with her family last month.
21 Sep 2022
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)UP: BJP MLA booked for harassment, son for rape
In a bizarre series of events, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and his son have been booked for allegedly harassing and raping a woman in Uttar Pradesh.
01 Sep 2022
Noida#NewsBytesExplainer: What's digital rape for which Noida man is convicted?
In a first-of-its-kind conviction, a 65-year-old man in Noida was convicted for 'digital rape' this week.
25 Aug 2022
IndiaBilkis Bano: SC issues notice to government over convicts' release
The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Gujarat government on a petition challenging the release of 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano rape case.
19 Aug 2022
MumbaiMumbai shocker: Woman gets 3 men to rape 11-year-old
A minor in Mumbai was raped by three men earlier this week allegedly on the behest of her 21-year-old female friend.
18 Aug 2022
DalitCivic Chandran: After 'provocative' dress, Kerala court questions woman's caste
Kerala writer and social activist Civic Chandran has been in the news this week for two sexual harassment cases against him.
18 Aug 2022
Gujarat'Faith in justice shaken': Bilkis Bano on rape convicts' release
Two days after the release of 11 men, who had been convicted of raping her during the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bilkis Bano has broken her silence on the same with a heart-rending statement.
16 Aug 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaBilkis Bano gang-rape case life-term convicts released, welcomed with sweets
All 11 men sentenced to life for the brutal gang-rape of Bilkis Bano in the wake of the 2002 Gujarat riots were released from jail on Monday and welcomed with sweets.
09 Aug 2022
Pakistan NewsKarachi: Security guard kicks pregnant woman; incident captured on CCTV
A security guard has reportedly been arrested for kicking a pregnant woman outside an apartment building in Karachi, Pakistan, a country that reportedly ranks among the top in the world in the ill-treatment of women.
07 Aug 2022
Uttar PradeshNew York: Tortured for having daughters, UP woman kills herself
A woman from Uttar Pradesh residing in Queens, New York, allegedly died by suicide last week after bearing years of domestic violence for giving birth to two daughters.
04 Aug 2022
NoidaTechie found hanging in Noida hotel, father alleges rape
A 26-year-old techie was found hanging in a hotel in Noida this week.
03 Aug 2022
ChhattisgarhMP shocker: Woman raped again by accused out on bail
In a jarring incident, a woman in Madhya Pradesh was allegedly raped twice by the same man over a span of two years.
03 Aug 2022
Tamil NaduIIT Madras canteen worker arrested in student sexual assault case
The Chennai Police has arrested a canteen worker at IIT Madras for allegedly sexually assaulting a student on the campus premises last month.
29 Jul 2022
Uttar PradeshHe's a demon: Daughters testify against father who burnt mother
Six years after a 48-year-old man burnt his wife alive, he was accorded a life sentence by a court in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
15 Jul 2022
Delhi PoliceDelhi Horror: Woman dies by suicide after 14 'forced' abortions
A 33-year-old woman in Delhi died by suicide this month allegedly after being forced to undergo abortion 14 times by her partner.
01 Jul 2022
Uttar PradeshLakhimpur Kheri: Elder sister gets minor raped, murdered by friends
After the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district on Tuesday, seven accused, including the elder sister of the victim, were arrested on Wednesday.
28 Jun 2022
GurugramGurugram: Minor girl raped in hotel after offering bike ride
A 15-year-old girl in Gurugram was allegedly raped by an acquaintance who offered her a ride on his bike and took her to a hotel instead, the police said.
22 Jun 2022
GurugramMother-daughter duo arrested for extorting money in false rape case
The police have reportedly arrested a mother-daughter duo for allegedly trying to extort Rs. 50 lakh from a Gurugram-based businessman after filing a false rape complaint against him.
18 Jun 2022
DelhiDelhi: History-sheeter kills lover for insisting on marriage
The Delhi Police has arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly killing his partner in South West Delhi's Vasant Kunj area on May 24, an official said on Friday.
12 Jun 2022
Madhya PradeshWoman who resisted sexual assault receives 118 stitches on face
A woman in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal had to undergo surgery and receive 118 stitches on her face as she resisted a sexual assault on her by a group of men.
09 Jun 2022
TelanganaHyderabad: Police want to try minor gang-rape accused as adults
The Hyderabad Police is planning to appeal in the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to allow the accused in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case to be tried as adults.
08 Jun 2022
West BengalBengal: Miffed with wife's career, man chops off her hand
In a gruesome incident reported from West Bengal, a 26-year-old man allegedly chopped off his wife's right hand to stop her from taking up the job of a nurse at a government hospital.
08 Jun 2022
HyderabadAIMIM MLA's son named as accused in Hyderabad gang-rape case
The minor son of an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA has been named as the accused in the gang-rape case that happened in upmarket Jubilee Hills of Hyderabad City on May 28.
07 Jun 2022
GoaBritish woman raped at Goa beach in front of husband
A British woman was allegedly raped near Goa's Arambol beach in front of her husband by a local man, the police said on Tuesday.
06 Jun 2022
Madhya PradeshIndore: Poverty forces minor rape survivor to kill her baby
In a shocking incident, a minor rape survivor from Madhya Pradesh's Indore killed her two-month-old baby after she failed to look after the child due to poverty, the police said.
24 May 2022
DelhiMutilated body of 'missing' Haryanvi singer found, two arrested
The Haryana Police found the body of a singer in Rohtak on Sunday evening.
08 May 2022
Pakistan NewsPakistan: Unidentified men dig up girl's grave, rape corpse
In a shocking incident reported from Pakistan, some unidentified men allegedly dug up a teenage girl's body and raped her in the Chak Kamala village of Punjab Province's Gujrat on Thursday.
26 Apr 2022
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police files chargesheet in Kasturba Nagar gang-rape case
The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet against 21 persons in the Kasturba Nagar gang-rape case on Monday.
07 Apr 2022
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04 Mar 2022
HyderabadHyderabad: Caretaker blinds woman with toxic eye-drops, robs her; arrested
The Hyderabad Police has arrested a 32-year-old caretaker, P Bhargavi, for blinding an elderly woman by administering a toxic concoction to her eyes and robbing her, India Today reported.
13 Oct 2021
IndiaUP girl allegedly raped by father and SP, BSP leaders
A 17-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh has accused 28 people, including her father and several political leaders, of raping her over the past several years.
13 Oct 2021
MurderDouble life imprisonment awarded to husband in Uthra murder case
The Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Wednesday awarded double life imprisonment to Sooraj S Kumar for the murder of his wife, Uthra, by using a cobra.
11 Oct 2021
KeralaKerala court finds man guilty of killing wife with cobra
The Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Monday found a man guilty of plotting the murder of his wife by using a cobra to bite her.
23 Sep 2021
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh: 14-year-old gangraped by 5, including 2 minors; 4 held
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five culprits, including two minors, in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district, the police said on Thursday.
20 Sep 2021
Uttar PradeshUP: Woman brutally thrashed by husband in Bulandshahr, dies
A woman died after being brutally assaulted by her husband for at least two straight days in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
20 Sep 2021
Uttar PradeshBulandshahr: Eight-year-old found dead in home; mother accuses ex-husband
An eight-year-old girl was found murdered with her throat slit in her house at a village near Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, with the victim's mother accusing her former husband and seven others of being behind the killing, police said on Sunday.
27 Aug 2021
MaharashtraMan gets 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for raping, duping woman
A court in the Thane district of Maharashtra has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for allegedly repeatedly raping a 23-year-old woman and cheating her.
