Delhi Crimes Against Women

A shocking incident in which 2 boysallegedly harassed and threatened a woman and her son with knives inDelhi's Raj Park areahas gone viral on social media after video footage of the incident was posted online.

The Delhi High Court has said that the courts must scrutinise a wife's complaint or FIR against her husband or his family to determine whether the allegations carry elements of truth or are merely an instance of "clever drafting".

A woman from West Bengal's Darjeeling was allegedly raped in Delhi for a week by her friend who also thrashed and tortured her by "pouring hot dal", police said on Tuesday.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has taken suo moto cognisance in the case of kidnapping and alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old minor girl who had been missing since December 12 from Swaroop Nagar.

Nearly two women were targeted by criminals every hour in Delhi in 2022 which also registered a substantial increase in the number of cybercrime cases, the latest NCRB data showed.

Cases of crime against women have spiked with an increase of 4 per cent seen in States and Union territories while an increase of 12.3 percent was recorded in 19 Metro cities in 2022 over the preceeding year.

A PhD scholar of AIIMS-New Delhi was arrested on Wednesday from the Hauz Khas area of the national capital on the charge of raping a woman by giving her sedatives, impregnating her and then terminating her pregnancy, police said.

The Delhi Commission for Women on Saturday issued notice to Delhi Police over two separate incidents of sexual assault involving two minor girls in the same hotel in Delhi.

A woman fell from the balcony of her house after being allegedly assaulted by her husband in southeast Delhi's Tughlaqabad Extension area, police said on Friday.

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy in east Delhi, police said on Sunday.

A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly beating his wife with a stick, which proved fatal, in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area, police said on Wednesday.

A 28-year-old woman died on Monday, days after she was allegedly set on fire by her live-in partner following a dispute over drugs in northwest Delhi's Aman Vihar, police said.

A 22-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in northeast Delhi, police said. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when the seven-year-old had gone to play at her neighbour's house, they said.

A 17-year-old college student has been detained in Delhi for allegedly stalking and harassing a minor girl on Instagram after befriending her and forcing her to share nude pictures, police said on Friday.

Today is the 10th anniversary of the gruesome rape and murder of Nirbhaya, which shook the country and triggered strict new legislation dealing with crime against women.

A shocking incident in which 2 boysallegedly harassed and threatened a woman and her son with knives inDelhi's Raj Park areahas gone viral on social media after video footage of the incident was posted online.

The Delhi High Court has said that the courts must scrutinise a wife's complaint or FIR against her husband or his family to determine whether the allegations carry elements of truth or are merely an instance of "clever drafting".

A woman from West Bengal's Darjeeling was allegedly raped in Delhi for a week by her friend who also thrashed and tortured her by "pouring hot dal", police said on Tuesday.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has taken suo moto cognisance in the case of kidnapping and alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old minor girl who had been missing since December 12 from Swaroop Nagar.

Nearly two women were targeted by criminals every hour in Delhi in 2022 which also registered a substantial increase in the number of cybercrime cases, the latest NCRB data showed.

Cases of crime against women have spiked with an increase of 4 per cent seen in States and Union territories while an increase of 12.3 percent was recorded in 19 Metro cities in 2022 over the preceeding year.

A PhD scholar of AIIMS-New Delhi was arrested on Wednesday from the Hauz Khas area of the national capital on the charge of raping a woman by giving her sedatives, impregnating her and then terminating her pregnancy, police said.

The Delhi Commission for Women on Saturday issued notice to Delhi Police over two separate incidents of sexual assault involving two minor girls in the same hotel in Delhi.

A woman fell from the balcony of her house after being allegedly assaulted by her husband in southeast Delhi's Tughlaqabad Extension area, police said on Friday.

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy in east Delhi, police said on Sunday.

A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly beating his wife with a stick, which proved fatal, in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area, police said on Wednesday.

A 28-year-old woman died on Monday, days after she was allegedly set on fire by her live-in partner following a dispute over drugs in northwest Delhi's Aman Vihar, police said.

A 22-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in northeast Delhi, police said. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when the seven-year-old had gone to play at her neighbour's house, they said.

A 17-year-old college student has been detained in Delhi for allegedly stalking and harassing a minor girl on Instagram after befriending her and forcing her to share nude pictures, police said on Friday.

Today is the 10th anniversary of the gruesome rape and murder of Nirbhaya, which shook the country and triggered strict new legislation dealing with crime against women.