Category
Crimes against women and children
Protests over sexual violence against women and children, police handling of complaints, and the court cases that followed.
Events
Maharashtra · Aug 2024Badlapur school assault protestRail roko over two girls' assault, 72 arrests, a barred bandh and a custody killingWest Bengal · Aug-Oct 2024RG Kar doctor rape-murder protestsKolkata trainee doctor's murder sparked marches, doctors' strikes and a hunger strikeWest Bengal · Feb 2024Sandeshkhali protests and Shahjahan caseWomen alleged land grabs and abuse by TMC leaders after an ED raid was attackedKarnataka · Apr 2024Neha Hiremath murder protests, HubballiCampus killing, Dharwad bandh, love jihad row and CID trial in HubballiManipur · Jul 2023Manipur video: Kuki-Zo women case protestsA May 2023 assault came to light on 19 July, sparking rallies, a SC case and a CBI trialDelhi · Jan-Jun 2023Wrestlers' protest at Jantar MantarOlympic medallists vs WFI chief Brij Bhushan: FIRs, detentions, 2026 acquittalUttarakhand · Sep 2022Ankita Bhandari murder protestsResort murder sparked bandhs; 3 got life in 2025, CBI took up VIP claim in 2026Punjab · Sep 2022Chandigarh University hostel video rowOvernight protest over hostel video claims; 4 arrested, 2 chargesheeted, all on bailGujarat · Aug 2022Bilkis Bano convicts' release and protestsRemission freed 11 convicts; protests followed and the SC sent them back in 2024Tamil Nadu · Jul 2022Kallakurichi school death and riot, 2022A student's death at a Kaniyamoor school led to arson, 916 charged and a suicide finding