Teenage Girl at An Orphanage Commits Suicide

Ahmedabad, Gujrat, June 07, 2012

A 17-year-old girl, Aruna, committed suicide by hanging herself on Wednesday at Mahipatram Ashram, an orphanage at Raipur.  The girl had been brought to the ashram at the age of five. She used to live at there and had also studied at the school in the ashram campus.  Full report here

Teenage Bride Kills Herself After Dowry Harassment

Madurai, November 26, 2011

A recently married teenage girl committed suicide allegedly due to dowry harassment near Madurai. Police said the girl resorted to the extreme step after her husband and mother-in-law allegedly demanded a sum of Rs one lakh as dowry. Read the report here

Tribal School Girl Raped By The Headmaster

Koraput district, Orissa, November 09, 2011

The headmaster of a school for tribal children, raped of one of his 13-year-old girl students,  who was studying in class four. The incident happened at Sunabeda KBK Sevashram School on the night of 15 October 2011.  It is reported that though the local police have registered a case, the accused is not yet been arrested, despite the horrific nature of the incident, and that he continuously threatens the victim girl as well as the villagers supporting her to withdraw the complaint. It is also testified that the accused headmaster is a repeat offender, with a past of sexual abuse of children in his custody.  Read the full report here.

15-Year-Old Girl Killed By Man Her Father Hired

Rohtak, Haryana, December 26, 2010

When 15-year-old Tapsaya Singh’s (15)  father Umed Singh suspected her of having an affair with a boy in the neighborhood, he paid the family’s domestic help to murder his daughter and dispose off her body.  Then Umed Singh filed a police report alleging that 3 men had kidnapped his daughter.  Read the full report.