A rash of rape incidents were reported in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal on Tuesday with minor girls among the victims even as a two-and-a- half-year-old girl in Gujarat died after being allegedly raped and dumped in a bush by her uncle.
As the gang-rape of a 23-year-old in Delhi continued to stir anger and outrage, Police arrested a Nepali youth who had allegedly raped a four-and-half-year-old girl at Pathrika Nagar in Hyderabad on 22 Dec.
In Karnataka, the rape of a minor girl in a village in Gulbarga district came to light on Tuesday, two days after the crime was committed. The 11-year-old girl was raped in a farm field in Ainoli village in Chincholi taluk on 22 Dec, police said.
Two of the other rape incidents were reported in Madhya Pradesh. A minor girl was allegedly raped by a youth at Vardhman Nagar in Indore, police said.
The 16-year-old was offered a job of domestic help by a woman, who took the girl to Vardhman Nagar where the latter's brother-in-law, identified as Mateen, allegedly raped her on 23 Dec, Chandan Nagar police said. Case under various sections of IPC and SC-ST Act has been registered and an FIR lodged.
As the gang-rape of a 23-year-old in Delhi continued to stir anger and outrage, Police arrested a Nepali youth who had allegedly raped a four-and-half-year-old girl at Pathrika Nagar in Hyderabad on 22 Dec.
In Karnataka, the rape of a minor girl in a village in Gulbarga district came to light on Tuesday, two days after the crime was committed. The 11-year-old girl was raped in a farm field in Ainoli village in Chincholi taluk on 22 Dec, police said.
Two of the other rape incidents were reported in Madhya Pradesh. A minor girl was allegedly raped by a youth at Vardhman Nagar in Indore, police said.
The 16-year-old was offered a job of domestic help by a woman, who took the girl to Vardhman Nagar where the latter's brother-in-law, identified as Mateen, allegedly raped her on 23 Dec, Chandan Nagar police said. Case under various sections of IPC and SC-ST Act has been registered and an FIR lodged.