Topic: sexual violence against women

A 15-year-old girl belonging to the Katkari tribal community, who has a learning disability, was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 40-year-old man at a village in Pune district of Maharashtra on Monday.

Just days before she attempted self-immolation over alleged sexual harassment by a faculty member, an undergraduate student from a premier government institution in Balasore, Odisha, had alerted college authorities about her deteriorating mental health and hinted at the possibility of taking an extreme step.

In a shocking case, a 25-year-old Kuki woman married to a Meitei man went through brutal assault allegedly by the husband and the Meitei women’s group Meira Paibis, leaving her with grievous injuries.

Hindu right-wing handles have once again intensified their hate, now openly calling for rape and sexual violence against Kashmiri Muslim women, amid a surge of Islamophobic attacks and violence against Muslims, especially Kashmiris, across India following an attack by militants on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 26 people.

A 46-year-old woman, undergoing training to become a flight attendant, has submitted a police complaint alleging that she was sexually assaulted by a hospital staff member at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon while she was on ventilator support.

Pune police arrested Dattatraya Ramdas Gade, 37, on Friday after an extensive 72-hour search. Gade, a resident of Gunat village in Shirur, was accused of raping a woman inside a state-run bus at Pune’s Swargate depot.