Schoolgirl Raped And Murdered

An 11-year-old girl was alleged raped and killed while she was returning from school by a 29-year-old cab driver in Sikkim's capital Gangtok, sparking protest by locals seeking swift action against the accused.

A man, accused in a series of murders and sexual assaults on women, was found guilty and sentenced to death by a court in Bengal for the rape and killing of a schoolgirl in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district.

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the police to immediately arrest the man accused of rape and murder of a schoolgirl in Valparai town in Tamil Nadu in January this year.

The alleged rape and murder of a young girl in Vijayapura in north Karnataka saw protests by the BJP in Bengaluru on Friday.

A top officer of Himachal Pradesh police and seven other policemen were arrested on Tuesday for the custody death of a man accused of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl in July. The rape and murder in Kothkai, 55 km from capital Shimla, had led to widespread protests in a state that is widely considered safe for women.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has reprimanded the police for "trying to hush up" a case of alleged rape and killing of a schoolgirl and demanded that the policeman be charged with murder for the custodial death of an accused.

The CBI today took over the investigation of the rape and murder case of a schoolgirl in Shimla, and registered an FIR in the case which has triggered angry protests against the Himachal Pradesh government.

The Himachal Pradesh government today submitted its report to Governor Acharya Devvrat in connection with the Kotkhai schoolgirl rape and murder case.

Demonstrations continued in Shimla over the rape and murder of a school girl, with students today taking out a protest march over alleged "lapses" in the investigation, a day after the state government announced a CBI probe into the incident.

Accusing police of shielding the "real culprits" in the gang rape and murder of a schoolgirl, residents of a Himachal Pradesh town on Friday blocked a national highway and surrounded a police station to demand a CBI probe into the case.

After over a week a schoolgirl was raped to death in Himachal Pradesh, police on Thursday said it had arrested all the six accused involved in the crime.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) today arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly raping and killing a minor schoolgirl in Kotkhai area in Shimla, a case which has sparked state-wide outrage.

A schoolgirl missing since Wednesday in Punjab's Ludhiana was allegedly gang-raped and murdered. Her body, with multiple injuries, was retrieved from a canal last evening.

An FIR or police complaint alleging murder has been filed in the case of two schoolgirls who were found hanging from the ends of the same rope on a tree in Assam's Karimganj district on Thursday.

A 13-year-old schoolgirl was gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal on Monday and her body was found yesterday lying in a bamboo grove. The attack occurred at Gede in the Nadia district, about 150 km from Kolkata.

An 11-year-old girl was alleged raped and killed while she was returning from school by a 29-year-old cab driver in Sikkim's capital Gangtok, sparking protest by locals seeking swift action against the accused.

A man, accused in a series of murders and sexual assaults on women, was found guilty and sentenced to death by a court in Bengal for the rape and killing of a schoolgirl in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district.

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the police to immediately arrest the man accused of rape and murder of a schoolgirl in Valparai town in Tamil Nadu in January this year.

The alleged rape and murder of a young girl in Vijayapura in north Karnataka saw protests by the BJP in Bengaluru on Friday.

A top officer of Himachal Pradesh police and seven other policemen were arrested on Tuesday for the custody death of a man accused of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl in July. The rape and murder in Kothkai, 55 km from capital Shimla, had led to widespread protests in a state that is widely considered safe for women.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has reprimanded the police for "trying to hush up" a case of alleged rape and killing of a schoolgirl and demanded that the policeman be charged with murder for the custodial death of an accused.

The CBI today took over the investigation of the rape and murder case of a schoolgirl in Shimla, and registered an FIR in the case which has triggered angry protests against the Himachal Pradesh government.

The Himachal Pradesh government today submitted its report to Governor Acharya Devvrat in connection with the Kotkhai schoolgirl rape and murder case.

Demonstrations continued in Shimla over the rape and murder of a school girl, with students today taking out a protest march over alleged "lapses" in the investigation, a day after the state government announced a CBI probe into the incident.

Accusing police of shielding the "real culprits" in the gang rape and murder of a schoolgirl, residents of a Himachal Pradesh town on Friday blocked a national highway and surrounded a police station to demand a CBI probe into the case.

After over a week a schoolgirl was raped to death in Himachal Pradesh, police on Thursday said it had arrested all the six accused involved in the crime.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) today arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly raping and killing a minor schoolgirl in Kotkhai area in Shimla, a case which has sparked state-wide outrage.

A schoolgirl missing since Wednesday in Punjab's Ludhiana was allegedly gang-raped and murdered. Her body, with multiple injuries, was retrieved from a canal last evening.

An FIR or police complaint alleging murder has been filed in the case of two schoolgirls who were found hanging from the ends of the same rope on a tree in Assam's Karimganj district on Thursday.

A 13-year-old schoolgirl was gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal on Monday and her body was found yesterday lying in a bamboo grove. The attack occurred at Gede in the Nadia district, about 150 km from Kolkata.