Speaking on the alleged assault, Jha said, "These kinds of incidents are happening across the nation...These kinds of incidents should not be viewed through a political lens...Everyone needs to work to clear this mess."
District Court on Saturday granted bail to all the seven accused in the alleged assault case of the Army officer and his fiancee at Chandaka Road in Odisha's Bhubaneshwar.
Sunil NS, popularly known as Pulsar Suni, the prime accused in the high-profile actress assault case, has been released on Friday after spending seven and a half years behind bars.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief and former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Friday slammed the Mohan Majhi government in the state over the alleged assault on an Army officer and his fiancee at Bharatpur police station of Bhubaneswar and demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG, Rural) Nimish Agarwal told ANI, "An incident occurred under Badgonda police station limits in Indore rural area in which there were six accused in it. Three accused who were hidden in the forest were arrested today. Now, a police remand will be sought
Badgonda police station in-charge Lokendra Singh said, "Two accused identified as Pawan Vasunia (23) and Anil Barud (27), residents of Manpur, were produced before the court seeking police remand. On which the court sent them on police remand for five-days."
Highlighting that around 86 women fall victim to rape and brutality every day, the Congress general secretary said that these brutalities crush the morale of millions of women every day.
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the attack on assault on a young Army officer and his friend and the alleged gangrape of their female friend in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district is disgraceful for society.
The incident involved 7-8 unknown assailants, and one of their two female friends was allegedly raped, according to an FIR filed by the complainant, police said.
The Delhi High Court on Friday denied bail to Seema Rani Khakha, the wife of suspended Delhi Government officer, Premoday Khakha, who allegedly raped a minor girl several times and impregnated her.
During the hearing of the Badlapur minors' sexual assault case, the bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan suggested the names of retired IPS officer Meera Borwankar, former Bombay High Court Judge Sadhana Jadhav, and Shalini Phasalkar Joshi to form a committee to suggest
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal.