Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who challenged the release of 11 convicts of rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case, on Tuesday said central and Gujarat governments were in contempt as they did not produce the files in court.
"Out of 20 top criminal cases against the duo, the Ahmed brothers targeted members of the minority community in 13. Atiq's brother Ashraf was allegedly involved even in the abduction of two minor Muslim girls from a madarsa and their repeated rape at gunpoint overnight. The victims were late
The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the Rajasthan High Court's order, summoning IPS officer Ajay Pal Lamba for recording his evidence as a court witness in a case related to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's appeal against his conviction in a minor's rape case.
A special court in Vishakhapatnam on April 6 acquitted all the 13 policemen who were accused in the Vakapalli gangrape case. 11 Adivasi women belonging to the Kondh community were allegedly gang-raped at a village in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitarama Raju district in 2007.
According to the police, the mother of a four-year old child registered a complaint against her neighbour for raping her daughter. On the basis of the complaint the accused has been arrested.
he dead body Dalit woman who was allegedly raped and set on fire in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Thursday, was cremated on Sunday after talks with the protesters late at night.
"Attempts were made to suppress the incident of rape of Dalit women in Balotra, but the incident came out only through media. The police also didn't provide any help to the victim's family," Rajyavardhan Rathore said.
The matter pertains to April 6, when a Dalit woman was allegedly raped and set on fire in Rajasthan's Barmer district. The victim succumbed to burn injuries at Jaipur's Mahatma Gandhi Hospital on Saturday, police said.