Woman Kept Locked

The Delhi Police has arrested a 57-year-old man who had allegedly killed a woman here 17 years ago, kept her body locked in a trunk and fled, officials said on Tuesday.

In a shocking case of human cruelty, a 95-year-old woman was allegedly starved and kept confined to a toilet in her house for a fortnight by her son in nearby Salem district.

A 20-year-old woman, who died on Tuesday in Delhi two weeks after she was gang-raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, was cremated by policemen last night, allegedly as her family was locked up in their home. A disturbing sequence of events captured in late night visuals show the family arguing with cops, relatives throwing themselves on th...

A young woman kept bound and chained in a town in Telangana was rescued today after the neighbours alerted the police. Geetha, 25, told the police that her brothers and sisters-in-law had kept her captive for months and subjected her to horrific tortures.

The camera captures a chilling sight: a thin woman sitting on a mattress, nearly motionless. She's chained to the wall by her neck.

Footage of a 92-year-old Chinese woman reportedly kept for years by her son in a pigsty has incited an online firestorm, as China grapples with the question of how to provide for its increasingly ageing population.

A South Carolina man killed at least seven people in a hidden crime spree that lasted more than a decade and only was uncovered when police rescued a woman locked in a storage container, authorities said Saturday.

German police on Tuesday freed a mentally disabled 26-year-old woman who was believed to have been locked away in an apartment by her own mother, possibly for years.

In a shocking case of cruelty, a 25-year-old married woman was allegedly kept locked up in a bathroom in Bihar's Darbhanga for the last three years by her husband and in-laws after she could not meet their dowry demands, police said today.

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped for 11 months by a man who kept her locked in a room in Bhattabasti area in Jaipur, police said today.

Locked in a cellar where she was allegedly raped and beaten for nearly a decade, a young deaf and mute Pakistani woman told a UK court on Monday how she was trafficked into Britain and forced to work as a virtual slave. The woman, whose age is not known, said she was around 10 when she was brought to the northern city of Manchester as a domestic se...

A man in Brazil locked up his wife in a cellar for 16 long years as he lived upstairs with another woman, it was reported here.Joao Batista Groppo has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife locked in the squalid cellar for 16 years, the Daily Mail reported on Friday.Sixtyfour-year-old Sebastiana Aparecida Groppo was found by the police in t...

It's hard to say if it's more shocking or tragic - a family in New Delhi locked up a 27-year-old woman for three years, only because she is mentally challenged. The police have rescued her, only to face a complicated case, beginning with what charges they need to file against the family. NDTV spoke to Sahista, who was locked up by her mother. Being...

The Delhi Police has arrested a 57-year-old man who had allegedly killed a woman here 17 years ago, kept her body locked in a trunk and fled, officials said on Tuesday.

In a shocking case of human cruelty, a 95-year-old woman was allegedly starved and kept confined to a toilet in her house for a fortnight by her son in nearby Salem district.

A 20-year-old woman, who died on Tuesday in Delhi two weeks after she was gang-raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, was cremated by policemen last night, allegedly as her family was locked up in their home. A disturbing sequence of events captured in late night visuals show the family arguing with cops, relatives throwing themselves on th...

A young woman kept bound and chained in a town in Telangana was rescued today after the neighbours alerted the police. Geetha, 25, told the police that her brothers and sisters-in-law had kept her captive for months and subjected her to horrific tortures.

The camera captures a chilling sight: a thin woman sitting on a mattress, nearly motionless. She's chained to the wall by her neck.

Footage of a 92-year-old Chinese woman reportedly kept for years by her son in a pigsty has incited an online firestorm, as China grapples with the question of how to provide for its increasingly ageing population.

A South Carolina man killed at least seven people in a hidden crime spree that lasted more than a decade and only was uncovered when police rescued a woman locked in a storage container, authorities said Saturday.

German police on Tuesday freed a mentally disabled 26-year-old woman who was believed to have been locked away in an apartment by her own mother, possibly for years.

In a shocking case of cruelty, a 25-year-old married woman was allegedly kept locked up in a bathroom in Bihar's Darbhanga for the last three years by her husband and in-laws after she could not meet their dowry demands, police said today.

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped for 11 months by a man who kept her locked in a room in Bhattabasti area in Jaipur, police said today.

Locked in a cellar where she was allegedly raped and beaten for nearly a decade, a young deaf and mute Pakistani woman told a UK court on Monday how she was trafficked into Britain and forced to work as a virtual slave. The woman, whose age is not known, said she was around 10 when she was brought to the northern city of Manchester as a domestic se...

A man in Brazil locked up his wife in a cellar for 16 long years as he lived upstairs with another woman, it was reported here.Joao Batista Groppo has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife locked in the squalid cellar for 16 years, the Daily Mail reported on Friday.Sixtyfour-year-old Sebastiana Aparecida Groppo was found by the police in t...

It's hard to say if it's more shocking or tragic - a family in New Delhi locked up a 27-year-old woman for three years, only because she is mentally challenged. The police have rescued her, only to face a complicated case, beginning with what charges they need to file against the family. NDTV spoke to Sahista, who was locked up by her mother. Being...