Inside the mind of a rapist

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:45

Could rapes be a byproduct of what is often termed as the "cult of masculinity"?

Kerala High Court upholds death sentence to rapist

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 07:29

A division bench of the Kerala High Court Tuesday upheld a lower court`s judgment of awarding death sentence to a rapist and also came down heavily on the Indian Railways, lawyers and also fellow passengers who did not come to the victim`s rescue.

US man put to death for elderly women`s rapes, murders

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 23:27

An Oklahoma man sentenced to death for the murders of two elderly women a quarter-century ago has been executed by lethal injection, state prison officials said.

Spanish child rapist, killer freed under rights ruling

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 00:31

A Spanish court today ordered the immediate release of a man who raped and killed three children, cutting his prison time by 10 years in line with a European human rights ruling.

Judiciary recognises rapists age by matriculation certificate, but fails in my case: VK Singh

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:40

Former army chief General VK Singh, who fought an age-related battle with the government prior to his retirement last year, on Saturday questioned the courts of the country on their fairness in dealing with his case.

Serial rapist sent to 10-day police custody

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 19:03

Serial rapist Jaishankar was on Saturday remanded in 10-day police custody by a city court after police said he has to be questioned at length about his dramatic escape from the prison here.

Psycho Shankar: How the serial rapist was caught

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 20:46

After a sensational escape from a high-security prison in Bangalore by notorious criminal Jaishankar alias psycho Shankar, one of the biggest ever manhunt was launched spreading across several states.

Rapist dies after victim`s family members burn him alive

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 18:34

An alleged rapist succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning, after he was reportedly set ablaze by the victim`s family members at Nighara village, police said here.

Jail-break serial rapist Jaishankar arrested

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 15:01

Notorious criminal and serial rapist Jaishankar, who made a sensational escape from the high-security central prison here on September 1, was arrested here on Friday.

Serial rapist-killer Jaishankar who escaped from Bangalore prison arrested

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 14:08

After one of the biggest ever manhunt spreading across several states, serial killer and rapist Jaishankar alias psycho Shankar was arrested on Friday.

No concrete information on fugitive serial rapist: Karnataka Police

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 14:27

Karnataka Police are on the lookout to nab Jaishankar, who had escaped from the Parapanagrahara Central Prison in a dare-devil act.

Bangalore: Watch out, there`s a psycho on the loose

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 15:41

Serial rapist-cum-killer Jaishankar’s escape from the Parappana Agrahara jail has added panic to the embarrassment suffered by state police, who now fear that the sex maniac on the loose could target lonely women.