Minor

In Rajasthan's Barmer district, two children died due to drowning, confirmed police on March 18. A rescue team pumped out water from the pond and recovered the bodies, which were identified as Devaram Bheel(13) and Laxman Bheel (14.) Both residents of Bheelon Ki Dhani in Barasan village under Gudamalani police station area in Barmer. The children went to graze their cattle and reached a pond and drowned while drinking water.

A couple in Gurugram tortured and molested a 14-year-old minor. The news came into light after a joint team of police and Sakhi, a one-stop crisis centre, rescued the girl from New Colony, on February 7. The minor was hired by the couple through an agency to take care of their 3-year-old dayuughter, as they worked in private companies. The police registered a case and launched an investigation.

In Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, a four-year-old minor girl was allegedly raped by a man from her village, who lured the victim, when she was playing outside her home, confirmed police on July 23. Banda Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinandan said the accused, Farid (22), was arrested and a case under the POCSO Act and IPC sections has been registered. The victim is in hospital and is in critical condition.

Three people, including two minors identified as Kanaram Meghwal (22) Gopal (15) along with Chhoturam (15) drowned while bathing in a pond in Churu district of Rajasthan. On July 6, the district police confirmed the incident happened in Dhaderu Godaran village. Furthermore, Bidasar Police Station SHO Mahendra Kumar said while taking a bath, victims slipped into the deep end and died. Meanwhile, their body has been sent for postmortem.

In Uttarakhand, a woman and her six-year-old daughter were allegedly gang-raped, confirmed police on June 27.  Getting into details,  they were raped in a moving car in Haridwar's Roorkee, by one, identified as Sonu with his friends, who allegedly offered lift to the victim.  SP Pramendra Doval said some friends of the man were already in the car and dumped the body in a canal, after the crime.