Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): An FIR under the POCSO Act has been registered against the pontiff of the influential Muruga Math in Chitradurga after minor girls made allegations of sexual harassment against him.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 4 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection with illegally harvesting (ova) eggs from a minor girl in Erode, Tamil Nadu.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Railway police on Friday rescued four Bangladeshi minor girls from Kamakhya railway junction in Guwahati. The Police suspect that a human trafficker brought the girls from Bangladesh under the pretext of providing them jobs in India.
South Salmara (Assam) [India], July 17 (ANI): Two minor girls drowned in the Brahmaputra river in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district on Saturday.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday granted bail to Malayalam actor Sreejith Ravi in a POCSO case against him for alleged indecent conduct towards two minor girls in public.
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday said that it has come across an article wherein it has been reported that five cases of rape involving minor girls have been reported in Hyderabad in a week.
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Chairperson National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma on Tuesday informed that the NCW has taken cognizance of Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills gang-rape case, citing that minor girls are being targeted.
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the deaths of four adults and three minor girls who drowned at a check dam in Cuddalore on June 5.
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 5 (ANI): As many as 4 adults and 3 minor girls drowned at a check dam on the Gadilam river in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore on Sunday.
Karachi [Pakistan], May 21 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday took notice of the disappearance of underage girls from Karachi. However, they expressed their disapproval that the police have not been taking any action for the recovery of the missing girls.