Teenage Rape Victim Attempst Suicide After her Rapist School Teacher gets Bail!

Goa, 25 July 2012,

A 17-year-old girl attempted suicide by setting herself on fire yesterday, after the accused, her ex-teacher  was bailed out from prison.  She said, she feared further harassment from him.  She was admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital with almost 90 per cent burn injuries.  She was studying in the city-based Progress High School,  and said she was raped by her teacher in December last year when she had gone to his residence for remedial classes. Full report here

 

School Girl Gang Raped by her Boyfriend and his Friends

Patna, Bihar, July 26, 2012

In a horrific incident in Patna, a young girl was gangraped by her boyfriend and his classmates. The boys took turns to rape the girl and continued to shoot the act on their camera.  They then distributed the MMS among their peers to blackmail the victim. The traumatised girl who managed to escape her classmates house where the rape occurred informed her parents immediately about the incident. They kept mum and went into hiding without lodging a police complaint.

A month later, the MMS came into circulation and got picked up by the local media, prompting the State Women Commission to take it up. They asked the Patna police to institute a case.

But nothing was done by the police. No inquiry was initiated on the grounds that their was no direct complainant. An FIR was finally lodged by the Bihar Women’s Commission, naming all final accused.

This incident brings to light,  the callous attitude of all concerned stake holders, be it the police, administration, social organisations or even the media to violence on girls and women in India. Full report here

Two School Girls Gang-raped by a group of 8 Boys

Patna, Bihar, July 31, 2012

Abha and Sona (names changed), both 16 years of age, and class 10 students of a school in Silao were were gang-raped by 7-8 boys at a lodge located near the Silao mosque on Monday.

Abha said when she and her friend Sona reached near the lodge while going to school at Silao, some 7-8 boys dragged them inside the lodge and raped them one by one. They also filmed them and made video as well. After about two hours, the boys let them go with a threat that if they failed to turn up whenever they called them, they would show their pictures to everyone, she said. Full report here

Doctor Arrested for Raping a 16-year-old Girl

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Aug 01, 2012

A doctor has been arrested on charges of raping a 16-year old girl who had come for treatment at a private hospital in Madurai, police said on Tuesday.

The doctor, Sankaranayaranan, had apparently given her some drug when she visited the hospital on Monday and had raped her when she was semi-conscious, police said. Full report here

Increase in Number of Rapes of Minor Girls

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, August 01, 2012

Within 24 hours after the rape of a five-year-old girl was reported from Gomtinagar police station, two more cases of rape were lodged at Thakurganj and Nigohan police station on Tuesday.

In Thakurganj, a man residing in Ashrayheen Colony lodged a report that his 12-year-old daughter was  raped by his neighbour Raju, a resident of the same locality. The incident took place when she was all alone at her house, the mother told the police. Full report here