Delhi gang-rape accused being poisoned, lawyer tells court
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2013
An accused in the gang-rape case of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi onboard a moving bus on December 16 has been vomiting blood as his "food was being poisoned" over several weeks in Tihar Jail, his lawyer told a fast-track court today, adding that he wa...
Edited by Janaki Fernandes (with inputs from agencies) | Friday May 3, 2013
The Supreme Court today said that the interview to a private channel given by the friend of the 23-year-old student, who was gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi in December, cannot be used as evidence in the case.
Two tourists held, one sexually assaulted on public transport van in Brazil
Associated Press | Monday April 1, 2013
Two foreign tourists were held for hours, brutalized and one of them sexually assaulted aboard a public transport van they boarded in Rio de Janeiro's showcase Copacabana beach neighbourhood, police said in a statement.
Delhi gang-rape accused gets parole to attend Ram Singh's funeral
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Friday March 22, 2013
One of the four men being tried for the murder and gang-rape of a Delhi student will be allowed to attend the funeral service of his brother, Ram Singh, the alleged mastermind of the case who hung himself in Tihar Jail earlier this month.
Blog: Making a case for tougher anti-stalking laws
David Lalmalsawma, Reuters | Thursday March 21, 2013
Should any well-meaning law proposed in a democratic parliament be shelved because it risks being misused in some form?
New anti-rape laws: 16 as new age of consent divides parties
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday March 18, 2013
An all-party meet on the anti-rape bill, which seeks to provide stricter punishment for crimes against women, has ended inconclusively. Another meeting is scheduled at 12:30 pm. The government has only till March 22 when Parliament goes into recess t...
Gang-rape accused charge sheeted in robbery case
Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2013
Delhi police filed a charge sheet against the accused in the December 16 gang-rape case in a separate case of robbery lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the medical student.
Police had info about possible attack on Ram Singh, other suspects: sources
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Two months ago, the Delhi Police allegedly intercepted calls from a Tihar Jail inmate, who was illegally using the phone of a jail employee. In one conversation the inmate, say sources, hinted that there could be an attack on the five men accused of ...
Delhi gang-rape case: four other accused write to Home Minister, demand more security
Reported by Tanima Biswas, edited by Samira Shaikh | Tuesday March 12, 2013
After Ram Singh, one of the men accused of brutally gang-raping a medical student in Delhi was found hanging in his Tihar Jail cell yesterday, four other men facing trial in the case and lodged at Tihar have written to the Home Minister and Delhi's p...
Eight suspects in Constable Tomar's death are innocent, says police
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 12, 2013
Delhi Police on Tuesday gave a clean chit to eight people booked in constable Subhash Tomar's death during the anti-rape protests in New Delhi in December last year.
India rape suspect's family says his death wasn't suicide
Heather Timmons and Niharika Mandhana, The New York Times | Tuesday March 12, 2013
The case of a fatal gang-rape aboard a bus in December, which set off an uproar across India, took a surprising turn on Monday when the body of a suspect in the attack was found hanging from a bedsheet noose in his jail cell. Officials called the dea...
NDTV.com | Monday March 11, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde addressed a press conference on the alleged suicide of Delhi gang-rape accused Ram Singh.
Delhi gang-rape case: three cellmates slept through Ram Singh's suicide, claim officials
Reported by Alok Pandey, Tanima Biswas (with inputs from Agencies); Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday March 11, 2013
The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, was discovered hanging in his prison by a constable at 5 am, jail officials told NDTV.
Delhi gang-rape case: murder, not suicide, says Ram Singh's lawyer; family wants CBI inquiry
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday March 11, 2013
The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning. Ram Singh's family and lawyers ...
India rape suspect found dead in jail
Niharika Mandhana and Heather Timmons, The New York Times | Monday March 11, 2013
One of the men accused in the Delhi gang rape case was found dead in his jail cell on Monday morning, a jail official said.
