July '18: Muzaffarpur, Bihar
40 young girls were allegedly raped, 1 killed and buried in Muzaffarpur shelter home
Accused: 10 arrested; lookout for absconding
Arrests: 10
Status: Lookout for absconding
July '18: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
A 11-year-old Chennai girl was sedated and raped by 17 men for several months
Accused: 17
Arrests: 17
Status: 17 charged under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
June '18: Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh
A 7-year-old girl was abducted outside her school, raped, then left with her throat slit open in Madhya Pradesh
Accused: 1
Arrests: 1
Status: The accused is in police custody
June '18: Faridabad, Haryana
4-year-old raped, stabbed, dumped in container in Haryana's Faridabad
Accused: 1 (24-year-old)
Arrests: 1
Status: Accused arrested
June '18: Yamunanagar, Haryana
5-year-old girl's body found in drain, with throat slit
Accused: Investigation underway
Arrests: 0
Status: Police investigating the case
May '18: Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
A minor, from class 10 raped and burnt alive in a village in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Accused: 1
Arrests: 1
Status: The accused is in custody
May '18: Chatra, Jharkhand
16-year-old girl gang-raped and burnt alive in Chatra, Jharkhand
Accused: 4
Arrests: 0
Status: Local police say efforts are on to nab culprits. Body taken for postmortem
May '18: Dhanbad, Jharkhand
5-year-old girl raped & killed in Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Accused: 1
Arrests: 1
Status of probe: police arrest accused, investigations are on
May '18: Nuh, Haryana
Accused: 8
Arrests: 0
Status: no arrests yet but police file case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
April '18: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
8-month-old raped, killed in Indore
Accused: Rape accused sent to 3-day judicial remand
Arrests: 1
Status: Next hearing on April 27
April '18: Etah, Uttar Pradesh
9-year-old girl raped and killed in Etah, Uttar Pradesh
Accused: 1
Arrests: 1
Status : Booked for murder, rape, concealing evidence and under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)
April '18: Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh
11-year-old girl raped and killed in Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh
Accused: 1
Arrests: 1
Status: Accused confessed, arrested
April '18: Surat, Gujarat
11-year-old girl raped and murdered in Surat, Gujarat
Accused: Harsh Gurjjar, a tile-fitting contractor/ 2 accused of human trafficking
Arrests: 1
Status of probe: Police trying to trace 2 accused after registering case of human trafficking along with rape and murder
April '18: Etah, Uttar Pradesh
8-year-old girl raped and murdered in Etah, UP
Accused: Sonu
Arrests: 1
Status of probe: Arrested under IPC section 302 (murder), 376 (rape) & Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
April '18: Cuttack, Odisha
6-year-old girl went to buy biscuits; raped, strangled, left to die in Odisha school
Accused: 25-year-old man arrested
Arrests: 1
Status: Case registered on basis of written complaint filed by girl's grandfather
April '18: Dhubri, Assam
7-year-old girl raped and killed in Dhubri, Assam
Accused: 19-year-old man arrested
Arrests: 1
Status of probe: Police arrest accused, investigations are on
March '18: Nagaon, Assam
11-year-old girl raped and burnt alive in Nagaon, Assam
Accused: 1 man, 2 juveniles
Arrests: 3
Status of probe: Chief minister had ordered an inquiry by additional DGP/arrested in 72 hours
Jan '18: Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir
8-year-old girl gang-raped and killed in Kathua
Accused: 7 men, 1 juvenile
Arrests: 8
Status of probe: &K crime branch handling case/trial at the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Kathua
July '17: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
16-year-old Shimla girl raped and murdered
Accused: 25-year-old man accused
Arrests: 1
Status: 25-year-old farm worker arrested and sent to jail after CBI probe
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 23, 2018 , New Delhi
