A case has been registered against 11 people for allegedly kidnapping, raping and torturing a 21-year-old girl for more than a year in Vasai taluka of Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Thursday.
The victim was staying along with her grandmother, who was on the upper floor of the house when the incident took place. The victim narrated the incident when her father returned
As per the complaint lodged by the victim, a 27-year-old colleague of her husband, who works in Goa, had come to her residence in a village near Bhawanipatna on the evening of December 11 to deliver some items sent by the woman's spouse.
According to Station House Officer Anil Kapervan, the girl was rescued on Friday and the two accused identified as Salman and Pervaiz were arrested.
Family members of the woman set ablaze by people whom she had accused of raping her in Unnao have objected to the district administration cementing the grave of the 23-year-old, saying they won't allow it unless justice is served to the culprits.
The Special Investigation Team, set up by the Telangana government to probe the killing of four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in "retaliatory" firing by police, on Monday got down to business, even as the state High Court directed authorities to preserve their bodies till December 13.
An 18-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped in a moving SUV in Auraiyya district of Uttar Pradesh while a 14-year-old girl was raped by a youth in Bijnore district.
The team, comprising seven NHRC officials, began the visit from Mahabubnagar town, where they examined the bodies of the slain accused preserved in the government-run hospital.
A two-member team is likely to first visit Chatanpally near Shadnagar town, about 50 km from Hyderabad, where the police gunned down the accused in the alleged exchange of fire.
On the same day when Hyderabad Police gunned down four people accused of raping and murdering veterinary doctor, Nirbhaya's parents have sent a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind urging him to reject mercy petition filed by on of the convicts.
The rape survivor from Unnao has been referred to a hospital in Lucknow in a critical condition. According to reports, the 23-year-old woman had filed a rape complaint in March this year.
The girl, 15, was allegedly assaulted on Monday at an isolated place in Halia. The police said one of the arrested persons, Jai Prakash Maurya, is the son of retired jailor, Brijlal Maurya.
Even before the nationwide public outrage over the gang rape and murder of a woman veterinarian in Hyderabad could subside, a similar horrific crime has come to light from Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district.
Hyderabad cyber police has arrested a 23-year-old for posting obscene comments on Facebook regarding the victim of the brutal gangrape-murder that took place in the city last week. As per reports, the 23-year-old posted derogatory comments about the victim from his facebook account which was noted by the Cyber branch of the Hyderabad police.
The parents of two of the accused have said that they want their sons to be punished and burnt in the same way they did to the girl, if they found guilty.
"Nirbhaya's rapists are still in jail and have not been hanged. Those in jail are living their life, getting food and sleep but what about the families of the victims, whose lives are ruined forever," she said.
Four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on November 29 on charges of raping and killing the woman and had been sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday.
In his first public statement since the incident, Rao described the rape and murder of the 26-year old woman by four men as 'ghastly' and expressed his deep anguish. He directed the officials to initiate the process for setting up a fast track court and ensure that the culprits get tough punishment, a statement from his office said here.
The night of November 27 saw one of the most brutal and barbaric incidents of gangrape and murder go down in Hyderabad when a 26-year-old veterinarian fell victim to the savage act where four men not just raped her but also murdered her by putting her body to fire. Latest police reports have revealed chilling details as to how the events panned out on the ill-fated night.
A district bar association in Telangana on Sunday decided not to represent the four accused in the rape and murder of the woman veterinary doctor here. Mattapally Srinivas, president of the Ranga Reddy Bar Association, said they had taken the decision as "a moral and social responsibility against the heinous crime committed by the accused."
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