Goa Rape Case

Goa's rate of rape on minors stood at 7.1, the highest in the country, as the tiny state recorded 75 rape cases in 2022 of which 57 victims were girls below 18 years of age, according to statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)

The Goa Police have arrested two women and their male accomplice, all from Gujarat, for allegedly filing a false rape complaint here to extort money from a man, an official said.

The Goa police have arrested a man from Gujarat for allegedly raping a woman tourist at a resort in Assonora village of North Goa, an official said today.

Sonali Phogat's brother Rinku Dhaka has filed a complaint with Goa Police, alleging that his sister was raped and murdered by her personal assistant Sudhir Sangwan and his friend Sukhwinder.

The two men accused of rape and murder of BJP leader Sonali Phogat were arrested late this evening -- hours after the postmortem report revealed multiple bruises on her body. Her family claimed she was raped and killed by her employee and his friend.

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped multiple times in Vasco town of Goa, and police have arrested the driver employed by her family along with three other men in this connection, an official said on Wednesday.

Goa Police has arrested a man from his home town in neighbouring Karnataka for allegedly raping a 12-year-old Russian girl at a resort in Arambol in North Goa, where he worked as a room attendant, an official said today.

Tarun Tejpal had argued in the Bombay High Court that the identity of the accused in an appeal against the acquittal is equally important to be protected like that of the victim.

The Goa government told Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case, in which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday said it will hear virtually on October 27 the Goa government's appeal against journalist Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in a 2013 rape case.

Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the Goa government's appeal against journalist Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in a 2013 rape case, pending request before the Chief Justice for a hybrid (physical plus virtual) hearing.

Tarun Tejpal in a submission before Bombay High Court sought an "in-camera" hearing of the Goa government's petition challenging his acquittal in a 2013 rape case, and sought its dismissal while raising preliminary objections on its maintainability.

Two days after his comment on the gangrape of two minor girls triggered outrage, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said his words had been taken "out of context" and described himself "deeply pained and disturbed" by the incident

A government employee, arrested in the case of gang rape of two minor girls on a beach in Goa, has been suspended from service, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in the state Assembly on Thursday.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant - under pressure after the gang-rape of two minor girls, and an attack on two minor boys last week - has now been slammed for blaming the survivors and their parents, and appearing to absolve his government and the po

Goa's rate of rape on minors stood at 7.1, the highest in the country, as the tiny state recorded 75 rape cases in 2022 of which 57 victims were girls below 18 years of age, according to statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)

The Goa Police have arrested two women and their male accomplice, all from Gujarat, for allegedly filing a false rape complaint here to extort money from a man, an official said.

The Goa police have arrested a man from Gujarat for allegedly raping a woman tourist at a resort in Assonora village of North Goa, an official said today.

Sonali Phogat's brother Rinku Dhaka has filed a complaint with Goa Police, alleging that his sister was raped and murdered by her personal assistant Sudhir Sangwan and his friend Sukhwinder.

The two men accused of rape and murder of BJP leader Sonali Phogat were arrested late this evening -- hours after the postmortem report revealed multiple bruises on her body. Her family claimed she was raped and killed by her employee and his friend.

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped multiple times in Vasco town of Goa, and police have arrested the driver employed by her family along with three other men in this connection, an official said on Wednesday.

Goa Police has arrested a man from his home town in neighbouring Karnataka for allegedly raping a 12-year-old Russian girl at a resort in Arambol in North Goa, where he worked as a room attendant, an official said today.

Tarun Tejpal had argued in the Bombay High Court that the identity of the accused in an appeal against the acquittal is equally important to be protected like that of the victim.

The Goa government told Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case, in which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday said it will hear virtually on October 27 the Goa government's appeal against journalist Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in a 2013 rape case.

Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the Goa government's appeal against journalist Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in a 2013 rape case, pending request before the Chief Justice for a hybrid (physical plus virtual) hearing.

Tarun Tejpal in a submission before Bombay High Court sought an "in-camera" hearing of the Goa government's petition challenging his acquittal in a 2013 rape case, and sought its dismissal while raising preliminary objections on its maintainability.

Two days after his comment on the gangrape of two minor girls triggered outrage, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said his words had been taken "out of context" and described himself "deeply pained and disturbed" by the incident

A government employee, arrested in the case of gang rape of two minor girls on a beach in Goa, has been suspended from service, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in the state Assembly on Thursday.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant - under pressure after the gang-rape of two minor girls, and an attack on two minor boys last week - has now been slammed for blaming the survivors and their parents, and appearing to absolve his government and the po