Punjab Bus Molestation

A court in Punjab has acquitted a bus driver and his three accomplices of charges of molesting a 14-year-old Dalit girl and pushing her off a moving bus leading to her death in Moga in 2015, citing "lack of evidence" after the victim's mother turned hostile.

24 hours after a scooterist died in a road accident on the Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Punjab, the state police has bowed to public pressure.

A speeding private luxury bus, said to belong to a company owned by the ruling Badal family, allegedly ran over a scooterist on the Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Ropar on Thursday. The area witnessed angry protests over the death, with locals sitting on the accident site with body.

As the Punjab bus tragedy rocked Parliament today, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal paid a quiet visit to the civil hospital, where the mother of the teenager who died last week is admitted.

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly this morning as the opposition protested noisily demanding a discussion on the death of a 14-year-old girl who was molested and then thrown off a bus in Punjab's Moga last week.

A video from two years ago that shows employees of bus company Orbit Aviation beating up a traffic cop on a busy road in Punjab, has gone viral on social media, amid outrage and political protests in the state against Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's family, which owns the company.

In the middle of anger and protests in Punjab over the death of a 14-year-old who was molested and then thrown from a moving bus, another woman was allegedly harassed on a private bus on Sunday.

A day before Moga shuts down in protest against the death of a teenager, who was molested and then shoved off a running bus, the family has agreed to cremate the body, following intervention by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, sources said.

Four days after a teenage girl died after she was molested and then pushed off a moving bus in Punjab's Moga district, CCTV footage has emerged of the bus being driven recklessly on a highway, just minutes before the incident.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today pulled buses run by Orbit Aviation off the roads, after massive protests over the death of a 14-year-old who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus on Wednesday.

Friends and family of the teenage girl, who died after being molested and thrown off a moving bus in Moga, said the 14-year-old aspired to be a police officer and wanted to fight for the rights of the weak and oppressed.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists today took out a march and burnt effigies of Punjab Chief Minister Badal protesting against the death of a teenage girl who was molested and thrown off a moving bus belonging to his family.

As the Akali Dal-led Punjab government battles massive political protests over the death of a teen who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus in Moga district, a minister sought to play down the incident, calling her death as "God's will", while a party lawmaker called it an "accident".

Family of teen, who died after she was molested and thrown off bus in Punjab's Moga, refuses to cremate the body, decline government compensation.

Amid a political storm in Punjab over the death of a 14-year-old girl who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus, a top police officer today said there is "no evidence to link it to the owners of the bus at the moment."

A court in Punjab has acquitted a bus driver and his three accomplices of charges of molesting a 14-year-old Dalit girl and pushing her off a moving bus leading to her death in Moga in 2015, citing "lack of evidence" after the victim's mother turned hostile.

24 hours after a scooterist died in a road accident on the Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Punjab, the state police has bowed to public pressure.

A speeding private luxury bus, said to belong to a company owned by the ruling Badal family, allegedly ran over a scooterist on the Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Ropar on Thursday. The area witnessed angry protests over the death, with locals sitting on the accident site with body.

As the Punjab bus tragedy rocked Parliament today, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal paid a quiet visit to the civil hospital, where the mother of the teenager who died last week is admitted.

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly this morning as the opposition protested noisily demanding a discussion on the death of a 14-year-old girl who was molested and then thrown off a bus in Punjab's Moga last week.

A video from two years ago that shows employees of bus company Orbit Aviation beating up a traffic cop on a busy road in Punjab, has gone viral on social media, amid outrage and political protests in the state against Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's family, which owns the company.

In the middle of anger and protests in Punjab over the death of a 14-year-old who was molested and then thrown from a moving bus, another woman was allegedly harassed on a private bus on Sunday.

A day before Moga shuts down in protest against the death of a teenager, who was molested and then shoved off a running bus, the family has agreed to cremate the body, following intervention by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, sources said.

Four days after a teenage girl died after she was molested and then pushed off a moving bus in Punjab's Moga district, CCTV footage has emerged of the bus being driven recklessly on a highway, just minutes before the incident.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today pulled buses run by Orbit Aviation off the roads, after massive protests over the death of a 14-year-old who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus on Wednesday.

Friends and family of the teenage girl, who died after being molested and thrown off a moving bus in Moga, said the 14-year-old aspired to be a police officer and wanted to fight for the rights of the weak and oppressed.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists today took out a march and burnt effigies of Punjab Chief Minister Badal protesting against the death of a teenage girl who was molested and thrown off a moving bus belonging to his family.

As the Akali Dal-led Punjab government battles massive political protests over the death of a teen who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus in Moga district, a minister sought to play down the incident, calling her death as "God's will", while a party lawmaker called it an "accident".

Family of teen, who died after she was molested and thrown off bus in Punjab's Moga, refuses to cremate the body, decline government compensation.

Amid a political storm in Punjab over the death of a 14-year-old girl who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus, a top police officer today said there is "no evidence to link it to the owners of the bus at the moment."