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TopicChild abuse

Topic: child abuse

Delhi 14-yr-old who killed abuser was lured with food, ‘sexually assaulted & blackmailed’, say police

The class 8 student who worked as a scrap collector slit the throat of 28-yr-old man who, he says, recorded a video of assault & used it to blackmail him. The abuse continued for 2 months.

4 staff members of UP juvenile home booked for ‘harassing inmates’, girls allege ‘sexual abuse, beatings’

Action follows a hunger strike by the inmates of the government-run juvenile home for girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, Thursday.

2 Indian teens who ‘abused kids, supplied videos’ to UK paedophile yet to be identified. No FIR lodged

School teacher Matthew Smith was arrested in November 2022 for exploiting kids in India for years. No case yet but CBI working with Interpol to identify those involved, it is learnt.

Former teacher at school attended by King Charles’ grandkids paid Indian teens for child abuse

Matthew Smith, the accused, has confessed to paying over Rs 67,000 lakhs to two teenagers in India for a period of five years in exchange for sexually explicit images.

Slapped, pinched, beaten unconscious — how Surat babysitter now in custody ‘abused’ 8-month-old

Komalben Tandlekar has been sent to 14 days judicial custody, after the baby's parents, Mitesh and Shivani Patel, filed a police complaint based on CCTV footage from their house.

Apple to detect, report sexually explicit child photos on iPhone

As part of new safeguards involving children, Apple is also adding features in its Siri digital voice assistant to intervene when users search for related abusive material.

Facebook launches new initiative to tackle child abuse content, two days after NCPCR notice

Facebook's new initiative called 'Report it, don't share it' aims to encourage users to report content related to chid abuse, instead of sharing it.

Expelled BJP worker, arrested for child sex abuse, operated betting racket too, says UP Police

The 65-year-old leader, Ram Bihari Rathore, was arrested on 13 January on the complaint of two minor children who accused him of sexually exploiting them.

65-year-old BJP office-bearer arrested for sexually exploiting children in UP’s Jalaun

BJP reacted to the arrest with immediate expulsion of the office-bearer Ram Bihari Rathore, vice-president of the party's Koanch tehsil unit of the Uttar Pradesh government.

Free a Girl’s ‘Voice For Justice’ urges women to speak up against child sexual exploitation

At a panel discussion held to mark the launch of 'Voice For Justice' campaign, speakers talk about reasons behind rape, why rape laws are ineffective & how to tackle sexual exploitation of children.

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Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.