Nirbhaya’s mother broke down outside the Patiala House court on Wednesday after the court adjourned for January 7 the hearing on the issuance of death warrants against the four convicts in the Delhi gangrape-and-murder case. She said she was “upset†over the court s decision. “The convicts have been given one more chance. Why are their rights being considered? What about our rights,†she asked.
Amid nation-wide outrage over the murder of Unnao rape victim, a 17-year-old gang-rape victim in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her cousin’s house. According to the police, the girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by two men - Sunny Balmiki (19) and his uncle Lala Balmiki (26) – last month.
The mother of the girl has alleged that the family had approached the local police station, but the cops didn’t pay heed and refused to file the complaint.
A 27-year-old Mumbai-based dancer, hired for performing at a wedding, was allegedly raped by three men in Chhattisgarh s Durg district, the police said on Friday.
A 17-year-old girl, who had accused four men of her village in Palwal district earlier this year of raping her, has alleged the four kidnapped and raped her again early this week, said the police on Friday.