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Crime

Begusarai: 6-year old Dalit girl allegedly raped by tutor Mohammad Murtaza, communal tension prevails

OpIndia Staff - 10 September, 2019

Begusarai is on tenterhooks as the news of a Dalit girl being allegedly sexually assaulted by a young man from the Muslim community has come to the fore, raising communal tempers in the region

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Cattle smugglers Arif, Israr and Kalua Khan abduct and rape a 10-year-old child, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 31 August, 2019

The accused Arif, Israr and Kalua Khan had gone to steal the buffaloes from the victim's house. When they were unsuccessful, they abducted the little girl instead and raped her in a nearby field.

News Reports

Bangladeshis reveal ‘rampant’ rapes prevalent in madarsas

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2019

Reporting of child abuse and sexual assaults meted out to children enrolled in madarsas were considered as taboo until recently and had largely gone un-reported

News Reports

Panipat: Accused Saddam arrested for kidnapping and raping a minor girl on the pretext of marriage

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2019

The accused Saddam lured the victim away to Ambala under the guise of marrying her where he raped her

Crime

Jamshedpur: 3-years-old girl beheaded, mother’s illicit lover being probed with criminal conspiracy, two others arrested

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2019

A decapitated body of a three-year-old girl who went missing from the Tatanagar railway station was found in the bushes in a lane adjoining Ramamdhin Bagan in Jamshedpur

News Reports

DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal posts old child rape video from Hyderabad on Twitter, asks Delhi police to file report

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2019

DCW chairperson publishes child rape video and asks Delhi police to investigate old rape case in Hyderbad where the perpetrator has already been arrested

Crime

Kolkata: 37-year-old Asgar Ali arrested for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2019

The villagers suspected Ali's involvement in the child's disappearance since she was last seen with him.

Government and Policy

Modi government’s bill to amend POCSO Act gets Cabinet nod, child rapists to be awarded the death penalty

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2019

the Centre had earlier introduced a bill to amend POCSO Act, 2012 in May earlier this year in an attempt to introduce the death penalty for child rapists, but the bill had lapsed following the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.

Crime