Accused In Rape, Torture Of 7-Year-Old May Be Attacked In Jail: Officials

A man accused of abduction and rape of a three-year-old girl in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, was killed in an encounter with police on Friday.

Adam Hall, 42, faces multiple charges including rape and deliberate HIV transmission, and is set to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on July 2.

Delhi Court recently acquitted an army colonel and his friend accused of raping an advocate noting the delay in FIR and contradications in the testimony of victim and absence of corroborative forensic or medical evidence to prove the allegations.

A three year old girl was allegedly raped and is said to be in a critical condition, police here said on Thursday.

In a dramatic turn of events in the Muzaffarpur Dalit girl case, the main accused, Mukesh Kumar Rai, surrendered before the police after the district administration demolished his house and eatery (dhaba) on Thursday.

A man accused of rape gave police personnel the slip and escaped from court premises in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district on Thursday.

A former BJP worker allegedly let her boyfriend and his aide rape her 13-year-old daughter, the police said on Thursday, adding that all three have been arrested.

West Virginia's stringent abortion laws may subject women to legal scrutiny following miscarriages, particularly concerning the handling of fetal remains.

A "sar tan se juda (beheading)" campaign was unleashed against Sharmishta Panoli, said the father of the 22-year-old influencer who was arrested by Kolkata Police over controversial remarks on Operation Sindoor that allegedly hurt religious sentiment

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Bihar Leader of the Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav, launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his government on Monday over the Muzaffarpur rape case and medical negligence at PMCH that led to the death of a 10-year-old Dalit girl.

Union Minister and BJP ally Chirag Paswan has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, also a BJP ally, on the Muzaffarpur rape-murder case, raising serious questions on the state's law and order situation and public health infrastructure.