Crimes against children

US: Maths teacher arrested for having sex with a student while asking other students to act as ‘lookouts’, victim’s father booked for child endangerment

It later came to light that the victim's father Mark Crieghton was aware of the abuse. He let Clifton-Carmack visit the 16-year-old at home.

Kerala court acquits POCSO-accused DYFI worker in rape and murder case of a 6-year-old girl, ‘where is the justice’, asks family as they break down

The court said that the prosecution failed to prove the case against the accused and was based solely on circumstantial evidence which could not be established to prove the accused…

Palanpur, Gujarat: Mehndi Hussain kidnaps 15-year-old Hindu girl, rapes her after taking to different locations

The victim is a resident of Garh Panthak in Palanpur. Hailing from a very poor family, she was helping her family financially by working in a catering service where she…

UP: Hafiz Irfan who raped an 8-year-old in a madrasa sentenced to life imprisonment by a special POCSO court, verdict in 40 days of crime

While pronouncing the judgment, the judge said that due to such crimes, society will never be able to send girls to such institutions for education.

Kerala: Convict Ashfaq Alam given the death penalty for rape and murder of 5-year-old girl in Aluva

"These five life sentences will run concurrently," read the court judgment. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 7,20,000 on Alam, a migrant labourer hailing from Bihar.

West Bengal: Minor Hindu girl raped and murdered, hung from tree, accused Sheikh Illiyas Mondal arrested

According to Hindu activist Devdutta Maji, a few Muslim youths initially told the family that the murdered girl eloped with accused Illyas.

Uttar Pradesh: 9-year-old girl raped, abandoned in injured condition, 55-year-old Peer Mohammed booked by police

Minor girl raped by 55-year-old Peer Mohammed in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar: 13-year-old girl raped for months by madarsa teacher, accused Md Imtiyaz booked after victim gets hospitalised

Madarsa teacher has been arrested in Bihar for raping a 13-year-old girl for months.

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest Jahangir and two others for the abduction, gang rape of minor girl in a moving car in Kushinagar

The incident took place on September 9 this year. The men happened to be the neighbours of the 16-year-old victim.