Sexual abuse

Lokesh Naik, 35, was charged by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on November 6 with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact, Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s... read more

The NCA said seven men have already been convicted in Britain since the first suspect was arrested in 2017. read more

Awareness campaigns, workshops in schools, engaging with families and communities, besides better policing, will go a long way in curbing sexual abuse of children. read more

The girl has been admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science in Rohtak, where her condition is said to be critical. read more

The Jammu and Kashmir police have registered a case under Section 376 of the Ranbir Penal Code, the main criminal code that is applicable in Jammu and Kashmir. read more

The wave of women speaking out is now threatening an entrenched machismo culture in a country where women are often catcalled, hissed at and harassed on the street. read more

The station house officer (SHO) of Kotwali Police Station Anil Kumar said a case was registered against the accused after a complaint was lodged by the victim’s father. read more

Me Too movement: A 25-year-old aspiring actor has alleged Chennai Express producer Karim Morani drugged, raped and blackmailed her. read more

Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya denies sexual misconduct allegations by a woman, who alleges he tried to kiss at a Kolkata pub. He says women coming out with Me Too stories are dirty, fat and ugly. read more

Nana Patekar cancelled a press conference where he was to address the harassment allegations made by Tanushree Dutta, on the sets of their film Horn OK Pleassss in 2008. read more

According to the teenager’s complaint, constable Sanjesh Yadav took him to the police post and asked him to cook food for him and later sodomised him. read more

Tanushree Dutta says the Me Too movement won’t happen in India unless and until what happened with her on a movie set in 2008 is acknowledged. read more

Both alleged rapes happened on September 14. While one was reported the same day, the police complaint for the second was filed on September 21. read more

A woman was allegedly thrashed and gang raped by four men in Haryana on Tuesday night. The incident happened in Ballabgarh in the state’s Faridabad district bordering Delhi. An FIR has been registered and police have launched a manhunt to nab the cu... read more

The accused, Praveen, has been arrested, Rohtak DSP (Meham) Virender Singh said. The girl lived at her grandmother’s house in a village under the Lakhan Majra police station, police said. read more