POCSO Act
- Bangalore
POCSO case: Yediyurappa to appear before CID on June 17
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Saturday, June 15, said he will appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on June 17 for an inquiry in connection with the POCSO…
- Bangalore
CID issues notice to BJP leader Yediyurappa in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has issued a notice to senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to appear before its probe team for an inquiry in…
- India
School principal in UP booked for raping minor girl student
In a shocking incident, the Uttar Pradesh police booked a school principal for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl student in Kasuhambi. The First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against the man identified…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: AP home guard arrested for molesting minor girl on train
Hyderabad: The Kachiguda Railway Police have arrested a home guard for allegedly molesting a minor girl in Venkatadri Express on Wednesday, May 29, after the father of the victim filed a complaint…
- India
Man posing as female teacher over phone rapes 7 tribal girls in MP
In a shocking series of incidents, at least 7 tribal girls were raped between January and May this year by a man who used a ‘voice changing’ app to pose as a…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Bike taxi driver arrested for raping runaway minor girl
Hyderabad: In a shocking case, a minor girl was sexually assaulted by a bike taxi driver after she ran away from her house reportedly due to a conflict with her parents. According…
- Bangalore
Minor sexually assaulted, police arrest landlord in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Karnataka Police have arrested a house owner on charges of raping an 8-year-old girl when she was alone at her rented house in Madanayakanahalli police station limits in the outskirts of…
- Bangalore
Convicted under POCSO Act, teachers continue to work in Karnataka schools
Bengaluru: The issue of sexual harassment and exploitation of school and college girls continues to be a concerning reality, particularly within the confines of residential schools. What adds to the distress is…
- India
Court accepts police report giving clean chit to Nawazuddin Siddiqui in molestation case
Muzaffarnagar: A special POCSO court here on Thursday accepted a police closure report giving clean chit to all five accused, including actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, in a molestation case filed by his estranged…
- Bangalore
Senior BJP leader & former CM Yediyurappa booked under POCSO Act
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old survivor, police said…
- Bangalore
Arjuna award-winning Hockey player accused of rape, booked under POCSO act
Bengaluru: Arjuna award-winning Indian hockey player Varun Kumar was on Tuesday booked under the stringent POCSO act by the Bengaluru Police after a woman accused the defender of sexually abusing her multiple…
- Bangalore
10K Pocso cases, 200 conviction: Is Karnataka failing to protect kids?
Bengaluru: The alarming surge in POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases in Karnataka over the past three years has raised concerns, with a staggering 9,862 cases registered between 2021 and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man held for morphing pics of minor girls, issuing threats
Hyderabad: The cybercrime police of Hyderabad arrested S Jishnu Kirthan Reddy, a resident of Medchal, for allegedly threatening young girls after morphing their pictures and videos. K Shilpavalli, DCP cybercrimes Hyderabad said,…
- India
Karnataka horror: Minor boys rape 10-year-old girl at knife-point
Kalaburagi: A disturbing incident of two minor boys raping a 10-year-old girl at knife-point and making a video of the act, has been reported from Kalaburagi district on Tuesday. The incident had…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC grants bail to Murugha math pontiff in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday granted bail to Shivamurthy Sharana, the pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Math who has been in custody since September last year, facing charges…
