Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Andaman and Nicobar Police on Thursday arrested senior IAS officer and former chief secretary of the Union Territory Jitendra Narain for his involvement in a gang rape case.
Rajib Saikia, CPRO of Assam police said the suspended SP was arrested on the basis of evidence that he had taken a bribe from the kin of the main accused in the case as a reward for extending undue favours and dilute the case.
Earlier, the State Government also approached the High Court seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Eldhose Kunnappillil by the lower court in Thiruvananthapuram in the case of rape and attempt of murder.
A man was arrested for allegedly raping a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in the Marehra village of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh, said police on Wednesday.
Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal has taken suo moto cognisance for the welfare of the family of the 19-year-old gang rape victim whose body was found mutilated in Haryana, three days after she was abducted in 2012.
The police arrested a 16-year-old youth for allegedly raping an 8-year-old girl in Kurru Bhata village under Bango police station limits in Chhatisgarh's Korba district on Monday.
The three convicts were awarded the death penalty after being held guilty of raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in 2012. The victim's mutilated body was found in a field with multiple injuries due to assault with objects ranging from car tools to earthen pots.