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Man gets triple life imprisonment for rape of minor girl in Pune

Police said that the convict identified as Rajesh Natha Chouhan (30) had raped the girl at Sadashiv Mangal Karyalay in Wadgaon Maval on July 7, 2013. By: Express News Service | Pune | Published:January 22, 2016 3:13 am A special court on Thursday awarded triple life imprisonment to a convict for the rape of a…

Muslim youth in love with Hindu girl found dead

S.P. Saravanan SALEM, January 22, 2016 A youth, who was in love with a Caste Hindu girl, was found dead near a railway track in Omalur in Salem on Thursday morning, triggering allegations that he could have been murdered by the girl’s relatives who were opposed to their relationship. According to police, Syed Ismail (24),…

Panchayat asks man to let wife be raped to repay loan

Jan 21, 2016 – Aftab Khan | • Nashik A jat (caste) panchayat in rural Maharashtra had allegedly asked a villager to allow members of the panchayat to rape his wife if he is unable to repay the loan taken from the panchayat. Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti had come out in support of the complainant couple.…

Gang held for trying to force minor girls into flesh trade

Jan 21, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • mumbai The Thane Crime Branch has arrested a group that allegedly brought three girls aged five to seven years to sell them as commercial sex workers or for illegal adoption. Hundreds of girls are being kidnapped from across the country and sold into prostitution. Police officers…

Couple arrested for trafficking kids of poor parents, single moms

Jan 21 2016 : Mirror (Mumbai) Mumbai Mirror Bureau mirrorfeedback TWEETS @MumbaiMirror They would allegedly put the children up for adoption for their better upbringing in return for `donations’ for their two charitable trusts The Thane crime branch, in a joint operation with the Anti-Human Trafficking wing and the district child welfare unit, nabbed a…

Man beaten in custody: HC orders probe

Jan 21 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) In yet another case of violence in police custody wherein a sub inspec tor allegedly thrashed a 30-year old, a single bench of high court on Wednesday ordered the Assistant Commissioner of Police to inquire into the matter. The order comes following a petition filed by the victim, Vijay…

Rape case: Rajkot court reserves order on builder Ramani’s bail application

Ramani’s lawyers, including advocate Lalit Shahi urged to the court of additional sessions judge MN Gadkari to grant their client protection against arrest as, they argued, the case of sexual assault was an attempt to settle old scores. By: Express News Service | Rajkot | Published:January 20, 2016 9:38 pm THE DISTRICT and sessions court…

Four of a family killed to ‘avenge woman’s murder’

The police said Basko Tudu (45) killed the four to avenge the murder of his wife, who was killed by the elder brother of the victims’ family over allegations of witchcraft on January 15. By: Express News Service | Ranchi | Published:January 21, 2016 3:02 am Four members of a family were Wednesday hacked to…

Maha woman stripped, raped, beaten; cops book 14

Jan 21 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ahmednagar: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly stripped by a group of men, raped by one of them and beaten up by some women at a village in the district, police said on Wednesday . Police have booked 14 people after an FIR was lodged by the…

‘Consensual video’ shot by lovers fell into wrong hands

Mohammad Ali Kalawda Kala (Muzaffarnagar), January 21, 2016 Muzaffarnagar village is tense and locals are scared of fresh communal violence. The video which BJP leaders in Muzaffarnagar alleged was the “rape video” of a Jat woman by a local Muslim man, is actually a consensual sex video, shot by the lovers — Irshad and the…

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