Family claims 16-yr-old was blackmailed into paying accused up to Rs 50,000 & a video of her was released after she couldn’t come up with more cash. Police yet to make arrests.
Delhi Police’s initial probe reveals a larger trafficking syndicate at play. A fifth accused, who lured the girls to the house where the incident took place, is yet to be arrested.
In the raid, 400 bottles of liquor & over 500 condoms were also found. The children were handed over to the District Child Protection Officer for safe custody & further action.
Police say the accused — aged 23, 25 and 35 — offered the girl a ‘joy ride’ and took her from Vasant Vihar to Mahipalpur and then to an isolated location in Gurgaon.
The body of the 30-year old accused was found with head injuries in Jangaon district Thursday. The police suspect he might have committed suicide by jumping before a running train.
The Delhi High Court was also informed that an SIT has been constituted to probe into the case after it was transferred from the local police station to Delhi Police crime branch.
The accused will be in remand for three days for interrogation. The police has said that based on the statement of minor's mother, charge of rape was added to the FIR.
The observation came in response to plea by a father seeking direction to the authorities to reflect his name as his daughter's surname in the documents instead of her mother's name.
Mohit Subhash Chavan, a technician in the Maharashtra State Electric Production Company Ltd, has been accused of raping a girl in 2014, who was a minor then.
India’s competitiveness cannot be defended abroad if it is eroded at home. Short-term measures can provide a cushion, but without reforms, exporters will remain perpetually vulnerable.
According to the Niti Aayog quarter trade watch report launched Monday, India’s total trade in FY 2025 was at US$1.73 trillion—exports at US$823 billion & imports US$908 billion.
Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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