Police have detained two people, including one Ahmed Moinudeen and one minor, in connection with the alleged rape of a mentally challenged woman in the Cuffe Parade area of Mumbai, Maharashtra.
According to the release, the building, located within the Nursing College Hostel premises and the Primary Urban Health Centre campus in Narela, will accommodate 220 differently abled residents. It is expected to be operational within three months.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sushil Bala Dagar sentenced the main accused to 10 years' improvement under section six of the POCSO Act. He has been sentenced to different jail terms for the offences of causing hurt, house trespass, and criminal intimidation.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami has accused the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government and the police of "negligence" in the alleged rape case of a mentally challenged college student.
Two accused have been arrested and hunt is on to nab at least seven others for the alleged gangrape of a college girl with mental disabilities in Chennai, police said.
The Delhi High Court on Monday instructed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to transfer one of its nursing college and hostel buildings to the Social Welfare Department, a shelter home for mentally challenged people where 14 inmates recently died.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma visited Asha Kiran, a government home for the mentally challenged in Rohini, Delhi, following reports of multiple deaths among its residents.
Following the discovery, the police apprehended four members of the beggars' gang, including three women, and initiated an investigation to locate their accomplices
The incident occurred more than a week ago but no FIR was registered into the matter for the first week and neither the victim's medical was conducted.
A mentally challenged girl was kidnapped on September 7 and allegedly gang-raped at Bhuragaon village in Morigaon. The victim was held captive for almost 13 days by another woman named Murshida Begum in her home. The accused woman and two other men have been arrested in connection to the cas