A five-year-old girl was raped in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, by a 35-year-old man who had been released on parole last month after a conviction for sexually assaulting a minor boy, police in northern India said. The accused, identified as Hosiyar Singh, was arrested within eight hours of the crime being reported, according to local authorities. The child was found in a panicked state near a roadways station around midnight on 24 June and is now receiving medical care under the supervision of the District Child Welfare Committee. Singh had been sentenced to seven years in prison in 2024 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for a 2022 case.

In Argentina, a remis driver has been formally accused of sexually abusing a female passenger in an incident that occurred in September 2025. The interim prosecutor of the Sexual Integrity Crimes Unit, Celina Morales Torino, presented the accusation backed by genetic testing that detected biological material from the accused on the victim’s body and clothing, according to the public prosecutor’s office. The woman told investigators she lost consciousness after being left alone in the vehicle with the driver and later awoke disoriented in the front seat with signs of abuse. When she tried to flee, the driver accelerated, dragging her several metres before a police officer intervened and recorded the licence plate, a detail that proved key to identifying the suspect. The case now awaits assignment of a judge to review the accusation.

In Bologna, Italy, a 35-year-old man was acquitted of sexual assault after a court deemed the alleged victim not credible. The woman, a 25-year-old Romanian national with a prior criminal record, was described by judges as confused and unable to recall events clearly; she was reportedly in a period of drug addiction at the time of the December 2024 incident in a multi-storey car park. Witnesses told the court they heard screams and saw the man grabbing the woman by the neck, but the accused claimed a dispute over a stolen €50 note. The prosecution itself requested acquittal, and the panel of judges concurred.

Separately, carabinieri in Bologna are investigating three street assaults within 24 hours on 27 June 2026: a 70-year-old tourist robbed outside his hotel, a 40-year-old woman kicked and slapped for her mobile phone, and a 20-year-old punched in the face without apparent motive in a park. In Melchor Romero, Argentina, two armed men robbed a supermarket, escaping on a motorcycle; the owner gave chase but lost them, and no injuries were reported. Security camera footage has been handed to investigators. Across these disparate cases, local authorities continue their inquiries, while the Indian suspect remains in custody and the Argentine accusation proceeds toward a judicial hearing.