Protesting doctors vow to intensify stir
The agitating doctors are not happy with the CBI probe because all the culprits besides the convicted Sanjay Roy are roaming free.
The agitating doctors are not happy with the CBI probe because all the culprits besides the convicted Sanjay Roy are roaming free.
A youth from Murshidabad, who arrived at Jamalpur in East Burdwan in search of job was arrested on rape charges yesterday.
The police, however, denied receiving a complaint about the rape and murder of the 35-year-old woman.
A senior office bearer of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh has been booked on rape charges by the police on the complaint of a woman, following which, the BJP leader has resigned from his post.
According to police, the arrested woman identified as Geeta, a resident of Ludhiana, Punjab, lured a 15-year-old girl while her parents went to their native place and held her captive in Surat, Gujarat, for four months.
Additional Sessions Court Judge K Sanil Kumar convicted Umesh, 30, and Udayakumar, 27, of rape and murder, wrongful confinement, abduction and sale of narcotic substances. The quantum of punishment in the case will be announced on Monday.
It is alleged that the accused took the victim to his house and raped her. He even threatened her for disclosing the incident to anyone.
In a path breaking judgement, Kerala High Court observed that an allegation of rape on false promise to marry will not stand if the woman knew that the man was already married and still continued the sexual relationship with the accused.
Accused Nadeem Ahmed Ganie alias Nadeem Nadu from Anantnag's Qazibagh had lured the girl through a WhatsApp group
The broader point which needs to be made is that the moment rape statistics become part of political mudslinging, we are on a slippery slope.
