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Talib Hussain, a resident of Majalta village of J&K’s Udhampur district, shot into prominence after being at the forefront of a campaign to seek justice for the eight-year-old Kathua rape- murder victim. (Representational Image | PTI) Talib Hussain, a Jammu-based social activist and lawyer who shot into prominence after he appeared in the case on behalf of the eight-year-old nomad Kathua gang-rape and murder victim’s family has been arrested by the police over attempt to rape charges. The police said that Hussain was taken into custody from Tral area in Kashmir Valley’s southern Pulwama district after the woman who is related to him lodged a complaint that he attempted rape on her in woods of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district in June this year. “We have booked him under Section 376 of Ranbir Penal Code (attempt to rape) and Section 4/15A of the Arms Act after registering an FIR (Number 221/ 2018)”, said Station House Officer (SHO) of Samba Police Station, Chanchal Singh. He...

The growing scandal in Kerala has shocked the state’s Christian population. In the wake of sexual abuse allegation against priests, a third woman has accused priest of sexually abusing her. At least 12 priests have been arrested from different churches in over 18 months for allegedly sexually abusing and raping minors and women. Last week, a nun and another woman alleged that they were sexually abused for years. With sexual abuse allegation, the duo also alleged that Church have been trying to cover up the matter instead of investigating it impartially. According to  NDTV  report, a 30-yr-old woman accused Fr Binu George of Orthodox Church of sexually abusing her in 2014 on pretext of discussing family issue. Previously, a complaint was filed by a 34-year-old woman alleging that she was sexually abused by five priests from Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church for two decades. The matter came into light when the audio clip of the woman’s husband and his friend got leaked. Th...