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Meanwhile, the victim’s sisters said Siddique Ali has raped other girls too and is accused in two other POCSO cases.The sister stated that the teacher sexually exploited many other girls who came to learn karate from him.
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In a significant development, the minor who accused Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and stalking has withdrawn her allegations.
Assam government on Monday said that 494 persons out of 8,773 who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) cases in the state, have been convicted since 2017
Assam CM Himanta Sarma on said that the govt is firm in its resolve to end the "menace of child marriage" in the state. Urging people to cooperate in the initiative, the CM said that the action on the 4,004 registered cases would begin on Friday.
The Goalpara Police of Assam has arrested a youth for allegedly raping a 12-year-old minor girl in Assam's Goalpara district. The arrested person was identified as Tajidul Sheikh. Police have registered a case (no - 18/2023) under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
The Mumbai Police have arrested a 19-year-old AC mechanic for allegedly assaulting a minor girl in Navi Mumbai area of Maharashtra's Raigad district, said police sources on Friday (Dec 9).
The accused earlier moved the high court for anticipatory bail soon after the incident. However, the court rejected his bail plea.
n a very retrograde judgement, the Bombay HC had ruled out that the offence of molestation of a child without "skin to skin contact with sexual intent" does not constitute as a "sexual assault" under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Social issues concerning cybercrime, sexual offence and other unlawful acts have been increasing in the state of Telangana. In order to curb these acts, President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to a bill which will help tackle sexual offenders, cybercriminals and traditional unlawful acts like bootlegging and dacoity in Telangana.
Two separate portals to strengthen Women Safety were launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday in New Delhi. The two portals will help to provide full safety and security to women from cybercrime and sexual abuse. Notably, the first portal launched by HM Rajnath Singh “cybercrime.gov.in” will receive complaints from citizens on objectionable online content related to child pornography, child sexual abuse material, sexually explicit material such as rape and gang rape. While the second portal unvei
Hailing justice to all the women and girls, the Parliament on Monday passed the historic bill citing death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years and making the law against such sexual offences harsher.
The Punjab government joined hands with Save the Children organization with an aim to promote child safety in state and also to educate the people on Child Sexual Abuse and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012.
