Bhandara Rape Case

• Maharashtra government hands over Bhandara case to CBI

  Facing flak for the "failure" of police to make headway in the probe of the alleged rape and murder of three minor sisters at Murmadi in Bhandara district, the Maharashtra government today announced that the case would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

• Bhandara case: Opposition demands answers from Maharashtra government

  The Opposition in Maharashtra has demanded that the state government should clarify on the embarrassing error in the Bhandara deaths case. A forensic expert has contradicted a post-mortem report to say that three minor sisters died of drowning in a well and were not raped, killed and then thrown into it in Bhandara in Maharashtra last month.

• Maharashtra Budget Session begins tomorrow; drought, Bhandara rape case to dominate

  Issues like severe drought in rural parts, the alleged rape and murder of three minor sisters in Bhandara district, SIT on irrigation are expected to dominate the Budget session of Maharashtra Legislature, starting tomorrow.

• Bhandara case: Forensic expert concludes girls weren't raped, contradicts post-mortem report

  A forensic expert has contradicted a post-mortem report to say that three minor sisters died of drowning in a well and were not raped, killed and then thrown into it in Bhandara, Maharashtra, last month.

• Bhandara case: Forensic expert concludes girls weren't raped, contradicts post-mortem report

  A forensic expert looking into the deaths of three minor sisters from Bhandara in Maharashtra has reportedly concluded that the girls died of drowning in a well and were not raped, as stated in their post-mortem report.

• Three detained for Bhandara rape of three young girls

  After an investigation impoverished in breakthroughs, the police in Bhandara in Maharashtra have detained three people for the rape and murder of three sisters between the ages of six and 11.

• BJP slams Home Minister for naming Bhandara girls who were raped, killed

  In Parliament today, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, "It appears that all three (girls) were subjected to sexual abuse before being murdered. The collective conscience of the House, I am sure, is jolted by this." He then mentioned the names of the girls, provoking deep criticism from the BJP. The identity of sexually assaulted minors has t...

• After rape and murder of three young girls, signs of lapses in investigation

  It has been nearly two weeks since three sisters aged 11, nine, and six were raped and murdered in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra, but in the tiny village where they lived, nobody has been arrested yet.

• Bhandara: Police claim progress in minors' rape and murder case

  Ten days after the brutal rape and murder of three minor girls in Lakhani village in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra, there have been no arrests in the case yet. Police sources however say that they have made headway in the investigation and hope to arrest the culprits soon.

• Bhandara rape case: One week later, cops yet to make arrests. Your comments

  Bhandara rape case

• 'Hang the culprits,' says family of three young girls raped, murdered

  Temper is rising among residents in Bhandara after police failed to make any arrest six days after three minor sisters were brutally raped, murdered and thrown into a well.