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A woman was allegedly gang-raped by her relatives here, police said. The police on Sunday received a complaint from the victim. "Over the call, she (the victim) said that two relatives and one unknown person had raped her when her husband was not there at home. Relatives included her husband's brother-in-law and his brother," police said. A case under relevant sections has been registered and teams to arrest the accused have been formed, said the police. Further investigation is underway.

Business Standard : Marriage does not mean that a woman is always consenting for physical relations with her husband, the Delhi High Court today observed and also held that physical force is not necessary for constituting the offence of rape. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar said that in a relationship like marriage, both man and woman have a right to say 'no' to physical relations . The court's observation came while hearing pleas seeking to make marital rape an offence and others opposing it. " Marriage does not mean that the woman is all time ready, willing and consenting (for establishing physical relations). The man will have to prove that she was a consenting party," the bench observed. It did not agree with the submission of NGO Men Welfare Trust, which is opposing the plea to make marital rape an offence, that in spousal sexual violence, the use of force or threat of force are important elements to constitut...

A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a bath two days back. Police said on Wednesday that they have arrested the two accused who recorded the crime and even posted it on the social media. The incident occurred on Monday in the Barh area of Patna district, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Anand Kumar said. Shivpujan Mahto and Vishal dragged out the woman from the river on Monday noon and and took turns raping her, as the other one made the video of the rape of the 45-year-old victim. The video went viral. In the video, the victim could be seen pleading with the accused and asking them to consider the "sanctity" of the Ganga river which she addressed as "mother", where she was bathing to celebrate a Hindu festival. However, the accused kept on attacking and threatening her, the victim told the police. Business Standard