Mumbai doctor on the run after allegedly raping 27-year-old woman in clinic
Written by Saurabh Gupta | Sunday May 19, 2013
A 27-year-old woman has claimed that she was raped by a doctor at his clinic in Mumbai on Friday evening. A resident of Ghatkopar, she was visiting the doctor's clinic at Khar in suburban Mumbai, where she has been undergoing treatment for TB for the...
Doctor allegedly raped woman in hospital near Mumbai
Press Trust of India | Friday May 3, 2013
A doctor allegedly raped a young woman while she was undergoing treatment at his hospital in Thane, police said on Friday.
Brother arrested for raping sister, who is five months' pregnant
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday April 30, 2013
A 19-year-old boy from Thane has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his minor sister.
Four arrested after 13-year-old allegedly drugged, gang-raped at her friend's place in Mumbai
Saurabh Gupta | Friday April 26, 2013
Four boys have been arrested after a 13-year-old girl in Mumbai allegedly told the police that she was gang-raped by them after her girl friend, a minor who lived in the same locality, invited her home and helped the boys spike her drink.
Sex crimes: are children becoming easy targets?
Written by Saurabh Gupta | Sunday April 21, 2013
Are children becoming easy targets for sexual predators in this country? The events of the last week certainly seem to suggest so. A five-year-old girl raped in the national capital, a six-year-old girl raped in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, a seven-year...
Sexual attacks impact India tourism business
Associated Press | Thursday April 4, 2013
A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans Carolina De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. The attack was awful, but there is crime everywhere, they figured, and they'd take precautions.
Man gets life imprisonment for raping differently-abled girl
Press Trust of India | Thursday March 28, 2013
An auto-rickshaw driver was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for raping a differently-abled girl.
Hospital ward boy booked under new anti-rape law
Mid-Day.com | Monday March 25, 2013
A 55-year-old ward boy of a government-run hospital in Ulhasnagar became perhaps the first accused in the city to be booked under the tough new anti-rape law, which was passed by Parliament last week. Officers of the Central police station in Ulhasna...
Four women raped every day in Maharashtra in 2012
Press Trust of India | Monday March 18, 2013
At least four women were raped in Maharashtra every day in 2012, the state legislative Assembly was informed today.
Minor allegedly kills man who reprimanded him for trying to rape girl
Reported by Rashmi Rajput; written by Mala Das | Sunday March 17, 2013
In a shocking incident, a minor boy has been arrested by the police in Kalyan in the outskirts of Mumbai for allegedly killing a person who reprimanded him for trying to rape an 11-year-old girl, his neighbour.
23-year-old woman allegedly gang-raped in Mumbai, friend assaulted
Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2013
A 23-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four persons at knife-point at her friend's residence in Mumbai early on Thursday, police said.
Thane teenager detained for allegedly raping a minor
Press Trust of India | Thursday March 14, 2013
A 13-year-old boy was detained in Thane after he allegedly raped a two-and-half-year-old girl, police said.
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.
Rape victims can no longer be named in bail orders
Mid-Day.com | Thursday March 7, 2013
The Bombay High Court has ordered that the names of rape victims will no longer be disclosed in bail orders passed by it and the Sessions Court. Justice RC Chavan on Tuesday directed the registries of both courts to drop victims' names from all bail ...
3 minor sisters looking for food raped, murdered at a dhaba in Maharashtra
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday February 20, 2013
As India celebrated the One Billion Rising movement to fight violence against women on February 14, three little sisters aged five, nine and 11, went missing from their home in a small Maharashtra village. The next day, their dead bodies were found i...