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In Lakhimpur Dalit minor girls death case, a new development was reported after postmortem confirmed rape and strangulations. On September 15 evening, the postmortem reports arrived, which confirmed rape of the two SC girls, whose bodies were found hanging from tree in the village of Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the police also confirmed to arrest all the six accused in the incident and launch an investigation into the matter.

An NGO has released a report pointing out the grim security situation in Pakistan. According to the report, around 2,211 cases of child abuse have been reported in the country in the past six months, with the victims including both boys and girls. Majority of those cases can be categorised rape, sodomy and abduction for sexual abuse, reported The News International.

In Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, a 48-year-old woman from Haryana's Panipat was allegedly raped by two youths, confirmed police on September 13. The Shamli SP Abhishek Kumar said two youths identified as Mohan and Rahul allegedly called the woman regarding her sons and raped her. After the incident, victim's family registered a complaint, following which they arrested Mohan, whereas, Rahul is absconding. An investigation is underway. 

A person has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl here, police said on September 2. The accused was absconding after committing the crime four days ago and identified Aijaz Ahmad was arrested for raping a minor girl in Srinagar. The police confirmed the same through a Twitter post. Furthermore, a case has been registered under the IPC sections and POCSO Act and an investigation is underway.

In Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district, a pregnant woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by four men for three days, informed police on August 19. According to the victim who is two months pregnant, she was abducted from a bus terminal in Farrukhabad and taken to Hardoi district. However, police investigation suspects that the woman’s relatives left her there in exchange for Rs 80,000.