Bhandara Rape

• Maharashtra government hands over Bhandara case to CBI

  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 Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

• Bhandara case: Opposition demands answers from Maharashtra government

  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 well and were not raped, killed and then thrown into it in Bhandara in Maharashtra last month.

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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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 of the girls, provoking deep criticism from the BJP. The identity of sexually assaulted minors has t...

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

  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

  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 hope to arrest the culprits soon.

• School children hold silent protests over Bhandara rapes

  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

  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

  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'

  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 not inform the family or the police.

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