Crime against women

Amid the growing outrage over the alleged murder and sexual assault of a female trainee doctor in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that many strict laws have been made in the country for the safety of women.

Subsequently, the victim’s family approached the police station demanding action against the accused. The protesting locals gheraoed the Saraswati Nagar Police Station in Kota.

According to the hospital sources, the victim has sustained multiple injuries which has raised suspicions of a brutal sexual assault or rape. 

A man named Miraz Ali was shot by police while trying to escape custody in Assam after he was nabbed for molesting two women in Tezpur

Danish raped the teenager inside a house in Madhya Pradesh that belong to the victim’s friend Kiran and Kiran's husband, Tausif.

The autopsy report of the PG student found dead in the government-run hospital in Kolkata confirmed sexual assault.

Patriarchal values are embedded in Pakistani society, which determines the subordinated position of women. Patriarchal control over women is exercised through institutionalized restrictive codes of behavior, gender segregation and the ideology

Supreme Court stayed the Kerala High Court's verdict and death sentence for Muhammed Ameerul Islam, the lone perpetrator in the horrific Jisha rape and murder case

As OpIndia reported back in 2020, accused Ajaj was unwilling to bring the Hindu victim to his home unless she converted to Islam. As the victim was reluctant to abandon her Hindu identity, Ajaj kept her in a rented room in the Obla area. Here, he was persistently pressuring the victim to convert to Islam.

On Friday, the victim informed the police that when she boarded a city bus to reach her coaching in Navlakha, accused Adnan started following her. When she reached her coaching, the accused forcibly held the victim’s hand and began pressurising her to talk to him.