A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by six people, including three minors, in Mumbai. The incident took place on the intervening night of December 22 and 23 in the area falling under NM Joshi Marg Police Station.
"The victim has lodged a complaint at Orchha road police station in the district that she was gang raped by making hostage. Based on her complaint letter, an FIR was registered against five people in the matter," Chhatarpur Superintendent of Police Sachin Sharma said.
The disfigured body of a 10-year-old girl, who was missing since last week, was found dumped in a pit in Pokharbhinda village, Bagaha, Bihar on Sunday.
Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya, who was gang-raped and murdered in 2012, said on Saturday that rape incidents have increased three-fold in the last 10 years.
A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli convicted a man of raping a six-year-old girl and awarded the convict 25 years of imprisonment in a five-year-old case.
"On December 7 evening, a missing report of an 8-year-old girl was received in Vidhansabha police station area. On which crime of 363 was registered. After 5 days, the dead body of that girl was recovered from a deserted place behind a nearby colony," said Raipur Senior Superintendent of Pol
In a shocking incident, a cleric (maulvi) was booked for allegedly raping a 12-year-old minor in North Delhi's Sarai Rohilla area, said police on Thursday.
Justice Bela M Trivedi, Supreme Court judge, on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the plea filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.