Chandigarh Rape Case

The Chandigarh Police on Saturday registered a case after a British woman alleged that she had been raped by a staff member of the spa of a leading hotel where she was staying.

A case has been registered against a Chandigarh Police sub-inspector for allegedly raping a 25-year-model from Mumbai, the police said today. The survivor has alleged that the accused has objectionable photos and videos of her.

Four people have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a man in Haryana with a threat of filing a false rape case, the police said on Thursday. The gang told the man to pay Rs 5 lakh if he wanted to avoid facing the false rape case, the police said.

A trial court in Jodhpur, has pronounced life term for Asaram who was convicted of raping a teenager from Shahajahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The 16-year-old was studying at his ashram in Chhindwara. Asaram was arrested and brought to Jodhpur on September 1, 2013 and has been in custody since September 2. Security has been stepped up around the teenag...

An auto-rickshaw driver, the prime accused in the case of raping a woman in Chandigarh a few days ago, allegedly attempted suicide inside a jail today by stabbing himself with a "piece of broken glass," police said.

Two brothers held guilty of raping their 10-year-old niece were sentenced to life imprisonment today by a court in Chandigarh in a case that provoked widespread outrage when the girl was denied an abortion and had to give birth earlier this year.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice to the CBI while admitting separate pleas filed by the Dera Sacha Sauda chief challenging his 20-year sentence in rape case and that of the two victims seeking life imprisonment for Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

While taking Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to jail after he was held guilty of rape last week, the Haryana police stymied an attempt by the self-appointed spiritual leader's "commandos" to free him, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

To sentence self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a judge flew into Rohtak in Haryana today on a government helicopter. After landing at a helipad near the prison where the "Guru of Bling" was incarcerated late on Friday night, Justice Jagdeep Singh was escorted with thick security cover to a makeshift prison created within the jail l...

The sentence against rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was declared by a special CBI court today. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison as he was announced guilty of raping two women in a 2002 case. Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab, Haryana and other cities, burned down gas stations and train stations and torched vehicles after Dera...

Criticising Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for allegedly "protecting and extending political patronage" to self-styled godman and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today told the state government to file a case against those who instigated the large-scale violence in parts of Haryana, Punjab and New...

The UK today issued a safety advisory for its citizens travelling to India, saying possibility of further serious violence may be expected after the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled spiritual guru and head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, in a rape case

As spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh headed towards the town of Panchkula in a convoy of 200 cars, drones and helicopters took charge of the skies to survey the huge groups of his devotees that have gathered in the town. The court has found Ram Rahim guilty of rape.

The railways on Friday cancelled over 200 Haryana-bound trains as security concerns mounted ahead of CBI court's verdict in a case involving Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with lakhs of his supporters gathering in Panchkula town.

As Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh left in a 100-car convoy for a court in Panchkula for a verdict in a rape case against him, followers lined the roads of Sirsa, the Haryana town home to the sprawling headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.

The Chandigarh Police on Saturday registered a case after a British woman alleged that she had been raped by a staff member of the spa of a leading hotel where she was staying.

A case has been registered against a Chandigarh Police sub-inspector for allegedly raping a 25-year-model from Mumbai, the police said today. The survivor has alleged that the accused has objectionable photos and videos of her.

Four people have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a man in Haryana with a threat of filing a false rape case, the police said on Thursday. The gang told the man to pay Rs 5 lakh if he wanted to avoid facing the false rape case, the police said.

A trial court in Jodhpur, has pronounced life term for Asaram who was convicted of raping a teenager from Shahajahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The 16-year-old was studying at his ashram in Chhindwara. Asaram was arrested and brought to Jodhpur on September 1, 2013 and has been in custody since September 2. Security has been stepped up around the teenag...

An auto-rickshaw driver, the prime accused in the case of raping a woman in Chandigarh a few days ago, allegedly attempted suicide inside a jail today by stabbing himself with a "piece of broken glass," police said.

Two brothers held guilty of raping their 10-year-old niece were sentenced to life imprisonment today by a court in Chandigarh in a case that provoked widespread outrage when the girl was denied an abortion and had to give birth earlier this year.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice to the CBI while admitting separate pleas filed by the Dera Sacha Sauda chief challenging his 20-year sentence in rape case and that of the two victims seeking life imprisonment for Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

While taking Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to jail after he was held guilty of rape last week, the Haryana police stymied an attempt by the self-appointed spiritual leader's "commandos" to free him, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

To sentence self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a judge flew into Rohtak in Haryana today on a government helicopter. After landing at a helipad near the prison where the "Guru of Bling" was incarcerated late on Friday night, Justice Jagdeep Singh was escorted with thick security cover to a makeshift prison created within the jail l...

The sentence against rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was declared by a special CBI court today. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison as he was announced guilty of raping two women in a 2002 case. Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab, Haryana and other cities, burned down gas stations and train stations and torched vehicles after Dera...

Criticising Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for allegedly "protecting and extending political patronage" to self-styled godman and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today told the state government to file a case against those who instigated the large-scale violence in parts of Haryana, Punjab and New...

The UK today issued a safety advisory for its citizens travelling to India, saying possibility of further serious violence may be expected after the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled spiritual guru and head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, in a rape case

As spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh headed towards the town of Panchkula in a convoy of 200 cars, drones and helicopters took charge of the skies to survey the huge groups of his devotees that have gathered in the town. The court has found Ram Rahim guilty of rape.

The railways on Friday cancelled over 200 Haryana-bound trains as security concerns mounted ahead of CBI court's verdict in a case involving Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with lakhs of his supporters gathering in Panchkula town.

As Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh left in a 100-car convoy for a court in Panchkula for a verdict in a rape case against him, followers lined the roads of Sirsa, the Haryana town home to the sprawling headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.