Sexually Harassed by a #Stalker, 17-Year-Old #Girl Immolates Self, Dies

11 August 2015, Punjab.
A class 9 student, harassed by a stalker for weeks, set herself on fire. She succumbed to her burns but gave a video statement before she died in the hospital.

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/stalked-and-harassed-punjab-teenage-girl-immolates-self-dies/

14-yr-old #Dalit girl abducted and #gang #raped

20 July 2015 Bareilly

A 14-year-old Dalit girl was abducted and gang-raped in Nurpur village, Badaun district. A case was lodged by police against three men. One of the accused, Omendra Pal, is the son of the politician Tekchand Pal, Badaun district president of Samajwadi Party Pichra Varg Prakosht.

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bareilly/14-yr-old-Dalit-girl-gang-raped/articleshow/48148933.cms

15-YO girl in Vijaywada gang raped by 5 men for 2 days

18 July 2015 Vijayawada

15 year old girl was kidnapped on her way to church and raped by 5 men, who held her in captivity as they continued to abuse her for two days. The police are investigating if her boyfriend who she went to church with is involved in the crime.

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/vijayawada/Minor-girl-in-Vijaywada-sexually-abused-3-held/articleshow/48132614.cms

Woman and her infant #daughter strangled to death for #dowry

June 15, UP

21 year old Manisha and her five-month old baby girl were strangled to death for dowry by her husband and in-laws. The five people involved are absconding.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/woman-infant-daughter-strangulated-for-dowry-in-up-115061500232_1.html

Missing 13-yo #Delhi girl found #raped and murdered – The Times of India on Mobile

June 2015, Delhi

The body of the 13-year-old girl who went missing from her house in northeast Delhi on was found in a locked room beside her home. Preliminary investigations suggest that she was raped before she was strangled. The police suspect there was more than one attacker. The house owner, Mohd Aqueel (65), and his son have been detained.

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/Missing-girl-found-raped-and-murdered/articleshow/47621832.cms

Newborn baby #abandoned in Mumbai subway because she’s a #girl

16 June 2015, Mumbai

Yet another newborn girl found abandoned in India. This baby was found wrapped in a piece of cloth inside a plastic carrybag at the Kandivali East subway station in Mumbai.

The baby had been abandoned in a subway near Saidham temple. Passersby informed the trustees of the temple who in turn summoned the Samta Nagar police. The baby was rushed to Babasaheb Ambedkar hospital. She is stable now.

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/Baby-girl-found-abandoned-in-subway/articleshow/47692467.cms

17 year old girl burnt to death for stealing mangoes

13 June Kanpur
17-year-old Komal, who was caught stealing mangoes from her neighbor’s orchard, was brutally assaulted by her neighbour and three other men, and set on fire. She succumbed to her burns

An FIR against four persons has been lodged with the Ghazipur police on the basis of a complaint given by victim’s parents. The police so far have arrested two persons in this case.

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/kanpur/Minor-girl-set-on-fire-for-plucking-mangoes-in-Fatehpur/articleshow/47656654.cms

Four men arrested for the gang rape of 3 #school girls in a library

27 May 2015, Gujarat
A year and a half after the incident, four men were arrested for gang raping three school girls in a library. They had threatened to kill the girls, which is why they stayed silent so long, but finally one of them confided in her mother.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat/four-youths-held-for-repeated-rape-of-three-minor-girls-in-gujarat/

14-year-old Jharkhand girl kept chained in a dark room by stepfather for 11 months

17 May 2015, Jharkhand

A 14-year-old tribal girl was kept chained by her stepfather in a dark room over the last 11 months.
The rescue at the Chanho Block house was carried out on Saturday evening by officials of the Jharkhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, whose member said the ordeal was unprecedented in its brutality. The girl was chained allegedly by her stepfather.

“Some trafficked Jharkhand girls have been kept in similar condition by their employers and placement agents in Delhi and Mumbai in the past. But we haven’t come across any such case in Jharkhand before,” said Sanjay Mishra, senior member, JSCPCR.

http://m.hindustantimes.com/ranchi/jharkhand-14-year-old-tribal-girl-kept-chained-allegedly-by-stepfather-for-11-months/article1-1348202.aspx

#Gang #Raped Teenage Girl in Haryana Commits Suicide Because of Corrupt Police

5 March, 2015, Haryana

A teenager in Haryana, who was kidnapped and gang-raped by four men on a farm last month, has committed suicide. The girl hanged herself from a fan at her home. Her family says she was very upset after the police forced her to drop charges against three of the men, converted the gang-rape case into rape and arrested only one of the four men she had named.
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/teen-gang-raped-in-haryana-allegedly-commits-suicide-744479