Bhandara

Maharashtra government hands over Bhandara case to CBI

Press Trust of India | Monday April 1, 2013

Facing flak for the "failure" of police to make headway in the probe of the alleged rape and murder of three minor sisters at Murmadi in Bhandara district, the Maharashtra government today announced that the case would be handed over to the Central B...

Bhandara case: Opposition demands answers from Maharashtra government

Written by Saurabh Gupta; edited by Mala Das | Sunday March 10, 2013

The Opposition in Maharashtra has demanded that the state government should clarify on the embarrassing error in the Bhandara deaths case. A forensic expert has contradicted a post-mortem report to say that three minor sisters died of drowning in a w...

Maharashtra Budget Session begins tomorrow; drought, Bhandara rape case to dominate

Press Trust of India | Sunday March 10, 2013

Issues like severe drought in rural parts, the alleged rape and murder of three minor sisters in Bhandara district, SIT on irrigation are expected to dominate the Budget session of Maharashtra Legislature, starting tomorrow.

Bhandara case: Forensic expert concludes girls weren't raped, contradicts post-mortem report

Reported by Rashmi Rajput, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday March 10, 2013

A forensic expert has contradicted a post-mortem report to say that three minor sisters died of drowning in a well and were not raped, killed and then thrown into it in Bhandara, Maharashtra, last month.

Bhandara case: Forensic expert concludes girls weren't raped, contradicts post-mortem report

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Saturday March 9, 2013

A forensic expert looking into the deaths of three minor sisters from Bhandara in Maharashtra has reportedly concluded that the girls died of drowning in a well and were not raped, as stated in their post-mortem report.

Three detained for Bhandara rape of three young girls

Reported by Rashmi Rajput, edited by Samira Shaikh | Tuesday March 5, 2013

After an investigation impoverished in breakthroughs, the police in Bhandara in Maharashtra have detained three people for the rape and murder of three sisters between the ages of six and 11.

Home Secretary expresses regret over gaffe of naming for Bhandara rape victims

Press Trust of India | Monday March 4, 2013

Home Secretary R K Singh has expressed his regret to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for the gaffe of disclosing the names of the victims of the Bhandara rape incident in Rajya Sabha over which the Minister faced huge embarrassment.

BJP slams Home Minister for naming Bhandara girls who were raped, killed

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Friday March 1, 2013

In Parliament today, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, "It appears that all three (girls) were subjected to sexual abuse before being murdered. The collective conscience of the House, I am sure, is jolted by this." He then mentioned the names o...

After rape and murder of three young girls, signs of lapses in investigation

Reported by Saurabh Gupta and Ketki Angre; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Friday March 1, 2013

It has been nearly two weeks since three sisters aged 11, nine, and six were raped and murdered in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra, but in the tiny village where they lived, nobody has been arrested yet.

Bhandara: Police claim progress in minors' rape and murder case

Reported by Saurabh Gupta; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Sunday February 24, 2013

Ten days after the brutal rape and murder of three minor girls in Lakhani village in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra, there have been no arrests in the case yet. Police sources however say that they have made headway in the investigation and hop...

School children hold silent protests over Bhandara rapes

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 23, 2013

Hundreds took to streets on Saturday to protest the rape and murder of three minor sisters of Lakhani village here and also an alleged assault of a girl reported on Friday, police said.

Another minor allegedly raped in Bhandara, accused teacher arrested

Reported by Saurabh Gupta; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday February 23, 2013

A school teacher in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor student. The 13-year-old was raped on February 20.

In Bhandara, another minor allegedly raped by teacher in school

Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2013

Within a week after the rape and murder of three minor girls of a family in Bhandara, a 14-year- old girl was allegedly raped by a teacher on school premises in the district.

Bhandara rape-murders: School official suspended, 'did not report girls were missing'

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Friday February 22, 2013

The headmaster of a school in Bhandara, Maharashtra where the three minor sisters, who were raped and murdered last week, studied has been suspended. The girls went missing from the school, not turning up for midday meals, but it is alleged he did no...

Bhandara rape-murders: No arrests a week later, mother says hang the culprits

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Thursday February 21, 2013

The mother of three little girls who were brutally raped, murdered and thrown into a well in a village in Maharashtra wants death sentence for the culprits. Only, no arrests have been made yet much to the anger of residents, who say they have stopped...