POCSO: News
31 Jul 2019
IndiaUnnao rape-survivor's letter to CJI to be taken up tomorrow
Merely two weeks before she met with an accident, the Unnao rape survivor had written a letter to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, telling him about the threats she received by men of BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, who allegedly assaulted her.
10 Jul 2019
KolkataKolkata: Tuition teacher raped class-X student at gunpoint for months
For the last nine months, a Class-X student of a reputed school in South Kolkata was raped by her tuition teacher.
06 Jul 2019
DwarkaSix-year-old undergoes surgery after brutal rape in Dwarka; accused arrested
A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in Dwarka Sector 23, Delhi, the police said on Friday.
08 Jun 2019
MumbaiSonam Kapoor and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit argue over Aligarh murder-case
When a two-and-a-half-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Aligarh over a petty sum of Rs. 10,000, the entire country wept.
04 Dec 2018
OdishaOdisha shelter home sexual abuse: NGO MD taken on remand
The police today took the managing director of an NGO on a two-day remand in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of minors at a shelter home run by the organization in Odisha's Dhenkanal district.
19 Nov 2018
JharkhandSC Judge Joseph tells lawyers to help downtrodden, helpless people
Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph has called upon lawyers to help the downtrodden and helpless people.
13 Nov 2018
Uttar PradeshMuzaffarnagar: Sexual-harassment of minor Dalit girl triggers clashes, 1 held
One person has been arrested and six others booked after clashes broke out between two groups in Aterna village (Muzaffarnagar) over the alleged sexual harassment of a minor Dalit girl, police said today.
24 Oct 2018
Tamil NaduTN: Minor girl sexually assaulted, iron-branded by five for stealing
Five people, including a 16-year old boy, were arrested for sexually assaulting and branding a minor girl near Thiruvaiyaru in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district.
18 Oct 2018
KotaRajasthan: Man arrested for abducting, raping minor girl in Kota
A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a minor girl in Kota, Rajasthan.
09 Oct 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Man held for molesting 5-year-old girl in Thane park
A 52-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl at a public park in Thane, Maharashtra.
07 Oct 2018
Ministry of Women and Child DevelopmentGovernment child helpline appears in pornographic content, lewd calls received
A government toll-free number for reporting child sexual assault cases has been suspended temporarily after it appeared in pornographic content search, and calls seeking sexual services were received, a senior NCPCR official said.
27 Sep 2018
MumbaiMumbai: 9-year-old molested by grandfather right before her heart surgery
In a gut-wrenching incident, a nine-year-old girl, who was admitted to a South Mumbai hospital for heart surgery, was allegedly molested by her grandfather, just a day before the surgery.
27 Sep 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Residential school director held for raping 5 students
At least five students, some of them minor, were allegedly raped and three others molested by the director of a residential school for tribals in Sangli district, Maharashtra.
20 Sep 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Man rapes teenage daughter for last four years; arrested
A 40-year-old man was arrested today in Maharashtra's Thane for allegedly raping his teenage daughter.
07 Sep 2018
AssamMan convicted of gangrape, murder of minor gets death penalty
A court in Assam today awarded death penalty to Zakir Hussain, the prime accused in the gangrape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in the state's Nagaon district in March.
07 Sep 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Man accused of sexually harassing, torturing teenage sister acquitted
A court in Thane, Maharashtra has acquitted a 20-year-old man accused of sexually harassing and torturing his minor sister.
03 Sep 2018
GujaratGujarat: School principal arrested for molesting girl students for months
The principal of a residential school in the Narmada district of Gujarat has been arrested on charges of molesting girl students, police said today.
30 Aug 2018
Delhi PoliceMinor daughter of Delhi Police personnel raped by her friend
A minor daughter of a Delhi Police personnel was allegedly raped by a juvenile, police said today.
18 Aug 2018
MaharashtraThane: 80-year-old man arrested for allegedly molesting 10-year-old girl
An 80-year-old man from Kalyan city in the Thane district of Maharashtra was arrested for allegedly molesting a ten-year-old girl.
16 Aug 2018
Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh: 4-year-old girl raped by 14-year-old boy in Ujjain
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district.
10 Aug 2018
New Delhi Municipal CouncilDelhi: Class II girl raped by electrician in NDMC school
A Class II student of a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) school in the upscale Gol Market area in Delhi was allegedly raped by an electrician inside the institute's premises, the police said today.
26 Jul 2018
RajasthanRajasthan: 11-year-old girl molested by retired railway employee
A 65-year-old man, a retired employee of the Indian Railways, was booked for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl at Titeya village in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district.
25 Jul 2018
PunjabMan sentenced to death for rape, murder of 6-year-old girl
A court in Punjab's Mansa district today awarded death sentence to a man, Kala Ram, in connection with the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2016, describing the case as "rarest of rare".
24 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh: Four held for raping minor girl in Morena
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four men in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, the police said today.
19 Jul 2018
PunjabChandigarh: Alleged sex abuser gets bail "considering she's a lady"
That Indian laws are biased towards women is a known fact, but when it lets sex abusers go free just because of their gender, that's a worrying point indeed.
19 Jul 2018
Tamil NaduChennai: Madras-HC orders counseling for minor rape victim within 24hrs
The Madras HC yesterday directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to provide counseling within 24 hours to an 11-year-old hearing-impaired girl, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by 17 men in Chennai.
15 Jul 2018
Delhi High CourtDelhi-HC sentences man to life-imprisonment for sexually assaulting 3.5-year-old boy
The Delhi HC has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sodomizing a three-and-a-half-year-old boy, observing that the child was subjected to traumatic and brutal sexual assault.
09 Jul 2018
OdishaOdisha: Man arrested for raping 13-year-old girl in Jajpur
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl at a village in Odisha's Jajpur district.
03 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshMP: 15-year-old girl raped by 3 friends of her brother
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three friends of her elder brother, including two minors, in her house in the Bada Patthar area of Jabalpur (MP).
26 Jun 2018
HyderabadHyderabad: Middle-aged man held under POCSO for raping 14-year-old girl
A 55-year-old man, who allegedly raped a minor girl, was arrested yesterday from Goshamahal in Hyderabad, police said.
10 Jun 2018
XMinor married to 77-year-old Omani is 'happy', claim authorities
The Indian Embassy in Muscat recently said they won't be able to bring back 16-year-old Hyderabadi girl sold to 77-year-old Omani man, on the pretext of marriage, as officials informed she was happy.
27 May 2018
KeralaAll Kerala police stations to get specially-trained child welfare officers
Police stations in Kerala will soon have trained child welfare officers to deal with crime cases against children. For this, special training would be imparted to police personnel.
25 May 2018
ChandigarhChandigarh: Woman 'molester' attempts suicide after teen-victim separated from her
Disturbing scenes unfolded at a 14-year-old Chandigarh boy's house earlier this week as his former 34-year-old teacher, who was allegedly sexually abusing him, gulped down cough syrup in front of his family.
22 May 2018
AssamMathura police rescues 15-year-old girl, nabs 6 for sex trafficking
A 15-year-old girl from Assam was rescued from a private guest house in Mathura by the Kotwali Police.
20 May 2018
HaryanaHaryana-shocker: Man rapes daughter for six-months, tells her it's normal
In an abominable incident, a 37-year-old laborer working in Pataudi village, Haryana, raped his 13-year-old daughter for six months and manipulated the minor into believing it was normal.
17 May 2018
Tilak NagarSociety security guard accused of raping minor, 3 booked
Thane Police has registered offenses against three persons, including the security guard of a housing society, for allegedly abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl on the night of May 15.
14 May 2018
KeralaKerala: Mother lets lover molest 10-year-old child in theater, arrested
Kerala Police has made shocking revelations in the sexual abuse case of a 10-year-old in a theater in Malappuram.
13 May 2018
KeralaKerala: 60-year-old businessman sexually assaults minor, police negligence triggers anger
In an infuriating incident, a 60-year-old businessman Moideen Kutty was arrested on Saturday from Shornur and brought to Changaramkulam police station for molesting a minor girl inside a theatre in Malappuram's Edappal town (Kerala).
11 May 2018
RajasthanHumanity weeps: Raped by teen, seven-month-old-girl found shrieking in field
In a horrifying incident, a 19-year-old teen raped a seven-month-old girl in Alwar, Rajasthan on Wednesday, and dumped her in a football field nearby.
09 May 2018
MumbaiThane: Man rapes 8-year-old in public-toilet, thrashed, arrested
A 45-year-old is languishing behind bars for allegedly raping an eight-year-old in Thane.
