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Tag: crimes against women

  • UP woman officer accuses man of raping, blackmailing her 

    By PTI
    PRATAPGARH: A woman officer posted in Lalganj tehsil here has lodged a complaint against a man accusing him of raping and blackmailing her, police said on Saturday.

    Acting on the complaint, the police on Friday arrested the accused belonging to Basantpur in Shahjahanpur district, Station House Officer Ram Adhar said.

    The woman officer had lodged a complaint with the police on January 2 alleging the man used to beat and harass her during the days when she was taking coaching and had also made an obscene video and pictures of her, Adhar said.

    The officer alleged that when she got a job in a bank in Bareilly, the accused used to come there and harass her, he said citing the complaint of the woman.

    On her selection in the Provincial Civil Service, she was posted in Pratapgarh in 2017 and the woman officer said the accused used to come to her officers’ colony residence there, the SHO said, adding the man, along with his two associates, had come again there on December 18 last year but fled when she raised an alarm.

    The woman has also alleged that the accused used to blackmail her family on the basis of the obscene video, Adhar said.

    Based on her complaint, an FIR has been lodged against the accused and further probe is underway, the police officer said.

  • 14-year-girl gang-raped by three including relative in Gwalior

    By ANI
    GWALIOR: A fourteen-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including a relative, at Girwai area of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, police said.

    “The girl went to purchase milk on Tuesday night at 8.00 pm. When she was returning three men took her near a garden and committed the crime. After that, the victim who studied in 9th standard along with her family member reached the police station and informed about the crime,” Atmaram Sharma, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said.

    One of the accused is a relative of the victim, he said.

    Police said a case has been registered against the three accused and a search operation is on to nab them. 

  • Jharkhand Governor summons CM Hemant Soren over increasing crimes against women

    Express News Service
    RANCHI: Governor Droupadi Murmu summoned Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday and expressed concern over increasing rape incidents and crimes against women in Jharkhand. She told CM Soren that such incidents malign the image of the state. Soren assured her that action will be taken soon after proper investigation into the matters.

    Earlier, the Governor also talked to Jharkhand Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan over the phone and asked to set up fast track courts for rape cases and crimes against women so that such cases could be disposed of without delay and culprits could be punished accordingly.

    “The accused, who have been arrested immediately, should also be put behind bars so that deterrence could be created among criminals and such incidents may be checked,” said Murmu. The Jharkhand High Court, by taking such steps, may set up an example in bringing down the incidents of rape and crime against women, she added.

    Meanwhile, a delegation of BJP Women’s cell, headed by Koderma MP Annapurna Devi, also met the Governor and appraised her about the increasing incidents of rape, crime against women and murder in the State.