Banda Rape Victim

• Banda: Victim drags rapist to police station

  In a rare display of courage, a woman who was gangraped by six men in Banda last month managed to grab one of her tormentors with the help of another woman and hauled him to the police station after she spotted him on Sunday, police said."The 23-year-old woman was kidnapped on January 28 after being given sedative in tea and carried away from Chatt...

• Rahul Gandhi meets Banda rape victim

  Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi met the teenaged girl, who was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA, in her village in Banda on Monday and assured her of all possible help after the victim claimed that she was getting threats from the legislator's henchmen."Rahul arrived at the house this afternoon and had a glass of milk which I served," the 17-ye...

• Court to decide if Banda rape victim is a minor

  The Allahabad High Court will decide today whether the Banda girl allegedly raped by BSP MLA Purushottam Dwivedi is a minor or not. A lower court, which was to hear the case on Monday, said, "Since all documents have been deposited in the high court, it was not appropriate for the lower court to hear the case."After spending over a month behind bar...

• I want BSP MLA to be hanged, says Banda rape victim

  Released from prison after a little over a month, the minor backward community girl allegedly raped by a BSP MLA and later framed in a fake theft case today said she wanted her tormentor to be hanged and accused the police of beating her while the legislator's brother watched."I want that he should be hanged," the 17-year-old said, a day after she ...

• Banda rape: Cop suspended for alleged misbehaviour with victim

  Moving swiftly on the Banda rape case, the Uttar Pradesh government has suspended a policeman for allegedly misbehaving with the victim while she was in jail.Sub-inspector Jabbar Ahmad, who was posted at Attra police station was placed under suspension for misbehaving with the rape victim during her detention in connection with a theft case against...

• Banda rape victim finally released from jail, gets security

  After spending over a month behind bars, the young girl from Banda, who was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA, who then had her jailed on false charges of theft, is finally out of prison.She is now being provided security after the MLA said he would seek revenge.This comes hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ordered her release and asked t...

• BSP MLA did rape me, repeats Banda teen in court

  The BSP MLA in Banda who has been accused of rape is in jail but so is the girl he allegedly framed and had jailed. She is seeking bail now and spoke to NDTV about her ordeal. ''I stand by the allegations I levelled. The MLA had raped me,'' said the girl. The arrest of BSP MLA, Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, who she accused of rape has given her the s...