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Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli POCSO court awards four death sentences to Christian preacher S Abraham for child sexual abuse

OpIndia Staff -
A special POCSO court in Tirunelveli sentenced 47-year-old preacher S Abraham to death on four separate counts for sexually assaulting four minor girls between 2020 and 2022.
News Reports

“If my son had been shot, I would have felt less pain”: Why Gopal Sharma’s father said this and what happened to the 15-year-old...

शिव -
On Saturday, 23rd May, Gopal Sharma's body was recovered from a room in an abandoned house in Rohi village, four kilometres from his village.
Crime

Bangladeshi transgender Babu Ayan Khan becomes ‘Guru Maa’ in Mumbai, arrested after kidnapping and sexual exploitation of a minor boy

OpIndia Staff -
It has been found in the police investigation that Babu Khan has invested money made in India through illegal activities in real estate and commercial projects in Bangladesh. Although Khan has been illegally living in India for over three decades, he owns a residence and an under-construction shopping mall in Bangladesh.
Crime

Delhi court sentences Mohsin Khan to 25 years in prison for raping and impregnating his minor cousin; DNA evidence establishes guilt despite the victim’s...

OpIndia Staff -
During the trial of the case, the victim changed her statement and said that she wrongly accused Mohsin Khan of raping her
Crime

60-year-old Maulvi Mohd Ismail attempts to rape 8-year-old girl in Kanpur, dragged and thrashed by locals, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
According to the victim's father, the minor girl was playing outside on Sunday evening (22nd March), when a neighbour, Maulana Ismail, took her to his house on the pretext of giving her chocolate. There, he tried to strip and rape the girl. The victim somehow pushed him away, screaming, and ran away, narrating her ordeal to her family.
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‘Buy a MacBook for the victim’, says Bombay HC in a POCSO case after minor agrees to ‘settle’, withdraw charges against uncle: Read when...

Divyansh Tiwari -
Courts are guided by a four-step test from Mahesh Damu Khare v. State of Maharashtra (2024): Determine if the allegations, on their face, constitute a crime, assess the legitimacy of the settlement, take into account the impact on society, and make sure there is no abuse of process.
Crime

Tamil Nadu: DMK leader arrested for sexual assault and murder of 2-year-old baby daughter of his live-in partner

OpIndia Staff -
In Tamil Nadu, a 40-year-old DMK leader has been arrested for alleged involvement in the rape and murder of a two-year-old baby girl. As per...
Crime

Banda, UP: Engineer and wife sentenced to death by POCSO Court for sexually abusing over 50 children, recording the act to sell in dark...

OpIndia Staff -
In UP’s Banda, a POCSO Court has sentenced an engineer and his wife to death for sexual exploitation of children. The couple, government irrigation...
News Reports

Delhi: 6-year-old girl raped by three minor Muslim boys in Bhajanpura, main accused flees to Bihar as family pleads for justice. OpIndia Ground Report

केशव मालान -
A six-year-old girl was brutally assaulted by three minor boys in Delhi's Bhajanpura. While two suspects are detained, the family alleges a 10-hour police delay allowed the main accused to flee to Bihar. The community is now demanding immediate justice and accountability.
Crime

J&K: ‘Pir Baba’ Maulvi Ajaz Ahmad Sheikh sexually abused minor boys for a decade by pretending to be possessed by ‘Jinn’, Chilling details

Shraddha Pandey -
The testimonies of multiple victims indicated that the accused Maulvi Ajaz Ahmad Sheikh had a modus operandi where he invited the victims for Islamic religious healing/problem-solving using supposed supernatural methods, isolated them, and then engaged in unnatural sexual acts.
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