Crime and crash

Bhopal, December 28: A 21-year-old woman in Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh walked into a police station on Thursday morning and claimed that she was raped by the nephew of a local BJP leader inside the party office. The incident, she claimed, occurred on November 17. The alleged culprit has been identified by cops as Siviss Awadhiya. The accused allegedly told the victim that she could surf

Bangalore, December 28: In a startling incident that sparked speculations of a child trafficking racket in the City, the owner of a private nursing home at Neelasandra was caught red-handed while selling an infant on Thursday. During a preliminary probe by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), the accused Parvin, a gynaecologist, confessed to selling at least four newborns since 2004. The arrest

New Delhi, December 27: A 42-year-old woman was sedated and raped allegedly by three men in Uttar Pradesh who then dumped her in south-east Delhi, police said today. The fresh case comes close on the heels of a 23-year-old girl being gang-raped in a moving bus in south Delhi on December 16. Police claimed that the woman, who hails from Jaipur, was raped somewhere in Vrindavan and dumped in south

Chamrajnagar, December 27: A couple and their daughter from Kerala were killed on the spot when their car collided head on with an SUV on Bangalore-Nilgiri National Highway near Bendagalli, Gundlupet taluk in the district Wednesday afternoon. Rajiv (48), wife Asha (40) and their daughter Arathi (16) died when their car rammed the four-wheeler from Gundlupet. The injured, Kaleem and other eight

Madikeri, December 26: A promising 15-year old sub-junior hockey player alleged that she was repeatedly raped by a married youth, which made her pregnant. The victim, a student of Class IX who played at a national school games competition, revealed this to her family members after doctors diagnosed that she was pregnant, police said. She is an under-17 player at the national school level. The girl

Vadodara, December 26: The two-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a house guest in Halol town of Panchmahal district last week, died at a hospital here on Monday night. The accused had tied up her hands and legs and raped her on December 21. The victim was admitted to SSG Hospital with severely damaged private parts. Her condition was critical from the time she was admitted to the hospital

Gulbarga, December 25: As the gang rape case in Delhi continues to hog national attention, the rape of a minor girl in a village in this district came to light today, two days after the crime was committed. The 11-year-old girl was raped in a farm field in Ainoli village in Chincholi taluk on December 22, police said. Though people from the girl's side approached the local police station to lodge

Lucknow, December 25: A gang-rape victim from Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar, who was again violated by the investigating officer (IO) probing her case, has now alleged that she was also raped by the inspector in charge of the police station where she had lodged her complaint. While the IO was arrested on December 14, no action has been taken against the inspector. Now the victim has written to

Jammu, December 24: Close on the heels of gang-rape of a paramedical student in a moving bus in Delhi, a 38-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two youths in a similar modus operandi here. The accused were arrested today, police said.According to the complaint, the victim was abducted by driver of a mini bus, Gian Singh, and his friend Shammi last night, police said. Both raped the middle-aged

Pithora, December 24: Amid the countrywide uproar against the gangrape in Delhi, a minor girl was raped, filmed and later a MMS clip was uploaded on the internet in a village in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh. Police in Pithora, 94 km from the state capital, have lodged a case against seven youths on the charges of rape and under the provisions of the Information Technology Act for