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  • 151 Sitting MPs And MLAs Face Cases Of Crimes Against Women, 16 Charged With Rape: ADR |

    New Delhi: As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing such cases, according to a recent report by a poll rights body. 

    For the report, the Association for Democratic Reforms examined 4,693 out of 4,809 affidavits of sitting MPs and MLAs submitted to the Election Commission of India during elections between 2019 and 2024. The organisation identified 16 MPs and 135 MLAs facing cases related to crimes against women. 

    West Bengal tops the list with 25 sitting MPs and MLAs facing charges related to crimes against women, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 21 and Odisha with 17, according to the report that comes amid the nationwide protests over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in a state-run hospital in Kolkata and sexual assault of two children in Thane. 

    According to the report, there are 16 sitting MPs and MLAs who have declared cases related to rape under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 376, which carries a minimum sentence of 10 years and can be extend to life imprisonment. Of these, two are MPs and 14 MLAs. 

    The charges include repeated offenses against the same victim, further underscoring the gravity of these cases. 

    Among political parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the highest number of representatives (54 MPs and MLAs) with declared cases related to crimes against women, followed by the Congress with 23 and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) with 17, according to the report. 

    Both BJP and Congress have five sitting lawmakers each facing rape charges. 

    The ADR has issued strong recommendations in response to these findings. It stressed on the need for political parties to refrain from giving tickets to candidates with criminal backgrounds, especially those with charges of rape and other crimes against women. 

    The report called for the fast-tracking of court cases against MPs and MLAs, ensuring professional and thorough investigations by police. 
    The ADR urged voters to avoid electing candidates with such charges. 

  • Rape-accused cricketer Lamichhane again on Nepal squad

    Via AFP

    KATHMANDU: Celebrity Nepalese cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, who’s unfastened on bail whilst going through rape fees, will take the pitch on the upcoming Global Cup League 2 tri-series, Cricket Nepal has introduced.

    Lamichhane is accused of raping a 17-year-old lady in a Kathmandu lodge room remaining August.

    The Cricket Affiliation of Nepal published the 22-year-old’s inclusion at the squad for the February 14-21 house collection towards Namibia and Scotland in a submit on its professional Twitter account.

    The verdict was once broadly anticipated after the frame lifted the celebrity spin-bowler’s suspension previous this month.

    “The board had taken disciplinary motion towards him and suspended him. The brand new choice to boost the suspension will permit him to play video games,” Cricket Affiliation of Nepal president Chatur Bahadur Chand informed AFP on February 1.

    An afternoon previous, Nepal’s lawyer common had appealed the verdict to unfastened Lamichhane on a bond of 2 million rupees ($15,400). He were in custody since his October 6 arrest at Kathmandu airport.

    “Now we have requested the Ultimate Courtroom to overturn the prime courtroom’s choice to unencumber him on bail,” Sanjiv Raj Regmi, a spokesman on the Administrative center of the Legal professional Normal, informed AFP on the time.”

    An accused of any prison offence that would result in the jail time period of greater than 3 years will have to keep in custody.”

    Lamichhane were a poster boy for the upward push of cricket in Nepal, which won one-day world standing in 2018.

    His large destroy got here when he was once snapped up by way of the Delhi Capitals for the money-spinning Indian Premier League in 2018, and he has since been Nepal’s maximum sought-after cricketer.

    Government issued an arrest warrant towards him in September whilst he was once away enjoying within the Caribbean Premier League.

    Lamichhane, who has maintained his innocence, was once suspended as Nepal’s cricket captain after the arrest warrant was once issued.

    KATHMANDU: Celebrity Nepalese cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, who’s unfastened on bail whilst going through rape fees, will take the pitch on the upcoming Global Cup League 2 tri-series, Cricket Nepal has introduced.

    Lamichhane is accused of raping a 17-year-old lady in a Kathmandu lodge room remaining August.

    The Cricket Affiliation of Nepal published the 22-year-old’s inclusion at the squad for the February 14-21 house collection towards Namibia and Scotland in a submit on its professional Twitter account.

    The verdict was once broadly anticipated after the frame lifted the celebrity spin-bowler’s suspension previous this month.

    “The board had taken disciplinary motion towards him and suspended him. The brand new choice to boost the suspension will permit him to play video games,” Cricket Affiliation of Nepal president Chatur Bahadur Chand informed AFP on February 1.

    An afternoon previous, Nepal’s lawyer common had appealed the verdict to unfastened Lamichhane on a bond of 2 million rupees ($15,400). He were in custody since his October 6 arrest at Kathmandu airport.

    “Now we have requested the Ultimate Courtroom to overturn the prime courtroom’s choice to unencumber him on bail,” Sanjiv Raj Regmi, a spokesman on the Administrative center of the Legal professional Normal, informed AFP on the time.”

    An accused of any prison offence that would result in the jail time period of greater than 3 years will have to keep in custody.”

    Lamichhane were a poster boy for the upward push of cricket in Nepal, which won one-day world standing in 2018.

    His large destroy got here when he was once snapped up by way of the Delhi Capitals for the money-spinning Indian Premier League in 2018, and he has since been Nepal’s maximum sought-after cricketer.

    Government issued an arrest warrant towards him in September whilst he was once away enjoying within the Caribbean Premier League.

    Lamichhane, who has maintained his innocence, was once suspended as Nepal’s cricket captain after the arrest warrant was once issued.