Kerala Rape Case

Sister Lucy Kalappura - one of a group of nuns expelled on "disciplinary grounds" after she joined protests against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal - has been ordered to vacate her convent

A 5,000-page chargesheet has been filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested in October last year while travelling from Delhi to report on the Hathras case.

Taking over the investigation into the mysterious death of two minor sisters in Kerala's Walayar in 2017 after allegedly being sexually assaulted, the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two FIRs in the case.

Kerala Assembly on Friday reprimanded Poonjar MLA PC George for his remarks against the Kerala nun rape survivor who was allegedly raped by Bishop Franco Mulakkal.

A 17-year-old girl from Kerala has been allegedly sexually abused and harassed by more than 30 men over the past few months, police said, adding that seven rape cases have been filedbased on her accounts since 2016.

In a crucial development, the Kerala High Court ordered a retrial in a rape and death case of two minor sisters in 2017 in Walayar. The girls were 13 and 9-years-old at the time and were from the scheduled caste community. Both sisters were sexually assaulted, police said, and were found hanging two months apart.

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped, was going there under the garb of journalism with a very determined design to create caste divide and disturb law and order situation, the Uttar Pradesh government said in the Supreme Court today.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a review plea by Bishop Franco Mulakkal in connection with the alleged rape of a nun in Kerala between 2014 and 2016, and upheld its earlier decision - that Mulakkal, 56, would stand trial in the case

A journalist and three other men - allegedly linked to the Popular Front of India or PFI - were detained by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura last night amid outrage over the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old woman from Hathras, who died in Delhi last week. The men were headed to Hathras from Delhi in a car when they were stopped and d...

The leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, has apologised for his controversial comments on a rape accused in the state. When asked about the alleged political affiliation of a health official who has been accused of rape, Mr Chennithala shot back at reporters, "Is it written somewhere that only DYFI (CPM youth wing) worke...

Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has triggered a huge controversy in Kerala with his remark about the accused in a rape case that is being seen as anti-women. The case involved the rape of a 44-year-old woman, allegedly by a junior health inspector when she had gone to his house to collect the report of her coronavirus test. The man has be...

The Kottayam Additional Sessions Court today framed rape charges against rape-accused former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese Franco Mulakkal for repeatedly sexually abusing a nun in Kerala between 2014 and 2016.

A trial court on Friday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun in Kerala, with stringent conditions and directed him to be present on the dates of hearing of the case.

The Supreme Court will hear on August 5 a plea of former Bishop Franco Mulakkal seeking direction to discharge him from the nun rape case.

A bishop from Punjab's Jalandhar has approached the Supreme Court seeking to clear rape charges against him. Bishop Franco Mulakkal was accused of raping a nun several times between 2014 and 2016 in Kerala. The 43-year-old nun filed a complaint with Kottayam police in June 2018.

Sister Lucy Kalappura - one of a group of nuns expelled on "disciplinary grounds" after she joined protests against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal - has been ordered to vacate her convent

A 5,000-page chargesheet has been filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested in October last year while travelling from Delhi to report on the Hathras case.

Taking over the investigation into the mysterious death of two minor sisters in Kerala's Walayar in 2017 after allegedly being sexually assaulted, the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two FIRs in the case.

Kerala Assembly on Friday reprimanded Poonjar MLA PC George for his remarks against the Kerala nun rape survivor who was allegedly raped by Bishop Franco Mulakkal.

A 17-year-old girl from Kerala has been allegedly sexually abused and harassed by more than 30 men over the past few months, police said, adding that seven rape cases have been filedbased on her accounts since 2016.

In a crucial development, the Kerala High Court ordered a retrial in a rape and death case of two minor sisters in 2017 in Walayar. The girls were 13 and 9-years-old at the time and were from the scheduled caste community. Both sisters were sexually assaulted, police said, and were found hanging two months apart.

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped, was going there under the garb of journalism with a very determined design to create caste divide and disturb law and order situation, the Uttar Pradesh government said in the Supreme Court today.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a review plea by Bishop Franco Mulakkal in connection with the alleged rape of a nun in Kerala between 2014 and 2016, and upheld its earlier decision - that Mulakkal, 56, would stand trial in the case

A journalist and three other men - allegedly linked to the Popular Front of India or PFI - were detained by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura last night amid outrage over the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old woman from Hathras, who died in Delhi last week. The men were headed to Hathras from Delhi in a car when they were stopped and d...

The leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, has apologised for his controversial comments on a rape accused in the state. When asked about the alleged political affiliation of a health official who has been accused of rape, Mr Chennithala shot back at reporters, "Is it written somewhere that only DYFI (CPM youth wing) worke...

Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has triggered a huge controversy in Kerala with his remark about the accused in a rape case that is being seen as anti-women. The case involved the rape of a 44-year-old woman, allegedly by a junior health inspector when she had gone to his house to collect the report of her coronavirus test. The man has be...

The Kottayam Additional Sessions Court today framed rape charges against rape-accused former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese Franco Mulakkal for repeatedly sexually abusing a nun in Kerala between 2014 and 2016.

A trial court on Friday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun in Kerala, with stringent conditions and directed him to be present on the dates of hearing of the case.

The Supreme Court will hear on August 5 a plea of former Bishop Franco Mulakkal seeking direction to discharge him from the nun rape case.

A bishop from Punjab's Jalandhar has approached the Supreme Court seeking to clear rape charges against him. Bishop Franco Mulakkal was accused of raping a nun several times between 2014 and 2016 in Kerala. The 43-year-old nun filed a complaint with Kottayam police in June 2018.