Friday, November 15News and updates from Kashmir

Tag: Women Safety

3 Year Old Dalit Girl Raped, then Killed in Rajhastan

INDIA
December 13 An eight-year-old Dalit girl, who had gone missing after she went to graze cattle, is suspected to have been strangled to death after being raped in a village in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, police said Wednesday. The deceased, a Class III student, was missing since Tuesday night and her body was found in a mustard field in her village on Wednesday. Prima facie, the girl was strangulated and she was also raped, a police officer said. There were no visible injury marks on her body except a slight scratch on her chest. She lived with her maternal grandparents in a village, said Station House Officer (SHO) Radha Kishan. After coming from school on Tuesday, she went to graze cattle near her home with other children of the village, but when she did not return home till...

Uri Shuts Down in Protest Against the Murder of 9 Year old Girl

REGIONAL
September 03  A complete shutdown is being observed today in Boniyar area of Uri against the alleged murder of a minor girl. The protesters hit  roads on  Monday blocking Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road against the death of a minor girl at Larri Trikanjan area of Boniyar. The protestors are demanding identification of culprits behind the killing of minor girl Muskan Jan.  Muskan Jan, a 9 year old girl went missing on August 23, Her decomposed body was spotted on Sunday in the forest area barely a kilometre away from her residence. However civil administration  reached on the spot and restored the traffic on the highway.

Teenage Girl Gang raped by three men in Jammu

OTHERS
August 12 A 19-year-old was gang-raped by three men in Reasi area of Jammu division. The victim committed suicide by jumping in the Chenab river after the gang rape, reports said. However, due to absence of any substantial information, the police are investigating the case. Apart from this, a man has been detained on the basis of the call details received from the victim's mobile. According to the police, the victim's father filed a complaint of her disappearance on July 24. A person named Paramjit Singh has been detained on the basis of the phone history of the girl. During the interrogation he told that his friend Pankaj Khajuria was using his phone to attract the girl. According to the complaint lodged by the family of the victim, Pankaj Khajuria, his friend Naresh and Pa...

Girl Stabbed to Death in Broad day Light on a Busy Street in Mumbai

INDIA
August 05 A 21-year-old girl was allegedly to death by an unidentified man near the busy Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Thane area of Mumbai. The incident took place in broad day light around 10.30 am, reports said. The victim, Prachi Zade, was going on her two-wheeler when the accused stopped her near the RTO on the highway and stabbed her several times before fleeing from the spot, she died on the spot. After being alerted about the incident, a police team rushed to the spot and the victim's body was taken to the Government Civil Hospital for autopsy.

Minor Girl Raped by Police Officers in Jharkhand

INDIA
August 01 A Minor girl from Jharkhand in India has alleged three men including two Police officers of raping her and then being blackmailed by them. Reports said that the girl accused three persons along with police station in-charge and a deputy superintendent of police rank officer of rape. The Jamshedpur Police has said that the accused were arrested and sent to judicial custody while a probe has been ordered into the incident after the intervention of Jharkhand Chief Minister, Raghubar Dad.

13 Year Old Mentally Challenged Girl Raped by 10 Men in Meghalaya

INDIA
July 31 A 13-year-old mentally challenged girl was raped by 10 persons, including two minor, for over two months in Meghalaya. The incident came to light after an FIR was lodged by the girl’s family at the Resubelpara police station on Saturday. As per reports, the crime was witnessed by the wife of an accused and she informed the village elders about it. Following this, the family of the girl came to know about the trauma which their daughter was facing since two months. A PTI report states that the family of the girl was called for a meeting by the village heads to discuss over a compromise. However, the family refused to it and lodged an FIR. The accused include two minors and eight adults who are married. All hailed from the same village of Haluapara under Resubelpara p...

Girl Elopes with Boyfriend, Gets Raped

INDIA
July 30 In yet another shocking incident, a 16 year old girl who had eloped with her boyfriend on June 30 with her boyfriend in New Delhi was taken to Haridwar by her boyfriend where he sexually assaulted her. They returned back to to Delhi after four days, where the boy met Ravi and he told him that he will get the boy a job, but he also raped the 16 year old girl who narrated her ordeal to Ravi's Live-in partner. Ravi's Live-in partner fed her sedatives with food, After which the accused sold the girl to one Ashok Goyal, who runs a spa and massage parlour in Rohini area of Delhi. On the same night, the girl was again raped by Ashok and his two clients. When her friend returned to ravi's home, he found the girl missing after which he ran to the Police and filed a complaint, Ac...

Hindu Priest Arrested for Raping 120 Girls in Haryana

INDIA
July 29 Baba Amarpuri, a priest at Baba Balaknath Temple in Haryana's Fatehabad was arrested by police after videos of him allegedly raping women surfaced online. As per reports, the 60-year-old is accused of raping at least 120 women. He has been sent to 5-day police remand. Reports suggest that the police have received 120 clips, each with a different victim. The videos were shot by baba himself, with his cellphone. Baba’s heinous face came to light when a relative of the accused approached the police with a CD of the clips. Police say 'We filed a case & started probe. His premises were also raided & we seized some suspicious articles'

40 Minor Girls aged from 7-17 Raped inside a Shelter home in Bihar

INDIA
July 24 A girl at a government-funded shelter home here has alleged that an inmate was beaten to death and buried in the premises and several other girls were raped, prompting the Bihar police to dig up the ground to look for the body.Sexual exploitation of girls lodged at the shelter home in Bihar had come to light in a social audit by a Mumbai-based institute, following which the state social welfare department lodged an FIR in this connection last month and 10 people were arrested. The police are, however, yet to find the body after digging up the ground.The opposition RJD raised the issue in both the Legislative Assembly and the Council demanding a CBI inquiry into the allegations and claimed that the scandal involved many “well-connected people” whom the Nitish Kumar government ...

10 Year old Girl Raped 10 Times on Way to Home from School

INDIA
July 19 A school girl aged 10 was gang-raped by 10 boys until she reached her home after classes. Reports said that the teenager from Bihar in India had left the government high school towards home when the incident happened. She was overpowered by the group who then dragged her into a sugar cane field and repeatedly raped her, reports suggest. Eventually, she fell unconscious. When the teenager regained consciousness, she was warned there would be ‘dire consequences’ if she informed the police.