As cybercrime rises in Navi Mumbai, rape cases go up too: The cyber crime cell of the Navi Mumbai police commissionerate has informed that there is a disturbing trend of heinous crime against women like rape, after the victims were first threatened and blackmailed online through various social networking sites, emails by the culprits. Read More
Raya Sarkar says all named in her list violated Visakha guidelines’ sexual harassment grounds: Responding to criticism of her crowd-sourced list naming academics who have been accused of sexual harassment by students, Raya Sarkar, an Indian lawyer based in the United States, asserted that everyone on the list had violated the sexual harassment grounds set by Visakha…
Netizens lose calm over pervert’s photos: When women on social media were running a viral campaign #MeToo against the sexual abuse faced by women, a Mumbai-based man allegedly posted pictures and videos of him on Instagram and Facebook while allegedly molesting women by touching their bare backs in public places. The posts of the man…
Delhi: Cyber crooks stealing, morphing social media photos to extort victims: A class-12 student of South Delhi was shocked to find her pornographic video online, the link of which was shared by an anonymous user on chat demanding money to delete it. Preliminary investigation revealed that her picture was copied from a social media site…
Hyderabad: Cyber Crime Cell arrests two for harassing woman: Hyderabad (Telengana) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The cyber crime cell in Cyberabad, Hyderabad, arrested two for sending abusive messages and outraging the modesty of the complainant. The accused have been identified as 35 year-old Alapati Shivaiah , Managing Director of Hyma consultancy and another woman aged…
‘Internet can’t be used as weapon of harassment against women’: There is need for regulation and monitoring of social media platforms and the medium cannot be allowed to turn into a “weapon of misogyny and harassment” against women in the name of freedom of expression, a top Indian-origin UN Women official has said. Read More
BJP MP booked for ‘outraging modesty’: Police have filed a chargesheet in a local court against Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on the basis of a complaint by TMC MLA Mahua Moitra in January alleging that Supriyo had used words and gestures “outraging her modesty” during a television debate. Read More
‘Hormonal’ female students need curfews, says India women’s minister in latest gaffe: NEW DELHI // Female students need curfews to protect them from their “hormonal outbursts”, India’s women’s minister has said, sparking ridicule on social media. Many Indian universities impose curfews on women while allowing male students to stay out at night, a policy critics…
Online women abuse is on the rise: Mallika (name changed) was one of my friends. She was known to be a ‘timid girl’, who spoke softly and judiciously chose her words. Probably for her introversion, she was very reticent about what had been done to her. The incident came to light much later. It was…
Former Miss India Winner Sonu Walia Subjected to Cyber Crime: Best known for her role in Dil Aashna Hai and Khoon Bhari Maang, Miss India 1985, Sonu Walia is the new victim of telephonic harassment. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, Walia has been facing the brunt of cyber crime too. The actress, who…