A 35-year-old man, released on parole after a 2022 POCSO conviction, was rearrested in Pithoragarh for raping a 5-year-old girl, rescued in a panicked state near a local station.
A physical altercation between KMT legislator Wang Hong-wei and DPP legislator Lin Chu-yin during a legislative session in 2024 has led to mutual assault charges. The Taipei District Court postponed a hearing after both lawmakers requested leave, with the incident involving a dispute over a proposed amendment to the Organic Law of Public Election and Recall.
A retrial jury in Liverpool Crown Court failed to reach verdicts on allegations that brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz (21) and Muhammad Amaad (26) assaulted Greater Manchester PC Zachary Marsden at Manchester Airport on 23 July 2024, leading to their discharge; the case is adjourned until 29 May for the Crown Prosecution Service to decide on a potential third trial.
VD Satheesan sworn in as Kerala CM, UDF returns to power. New govt announces free travel for women, increased ASHA worker honorarium, and a probe into a politically sensitive assault case linked to former CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
A Delhi court has acquitted former Aam Aadmi Party MLA and ex-law minister Somnath Bharti of charges related to the alleged assault on women from African countries in 2014. The court ruled that witness statements were inadmissible and the prosecution failed to prove its case. Bharti had claimed the women were involved in illegal activities.
Police in Delhi have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly raping and murdering the daughter of an IRS officer at her residence in south Delhi. The same suspect is also accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Rajasthan’s Alwar district within a 24-hour span. The accused, who worked as domestic help at the Delhi residence before being removed over allegations of online gaming-related financial misconduct, was arrested and remains in police custody. The family denies the rape allegations, claiming a financial dispute related to online gaming may have triggered the complaints.
A petition calling for a renewed investigation into a sexual assault case has surpassed 80,000 signatures after the 19-year-old complainant died by suicide. The victim's family alleges police mishandled the case by relying on limited evidence.
