25. (SOCIAL-25) RISING CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA.
The United Nations issued a statement condemning the gang rape and murders and said "Violence against woman is a human rights issue, not a woman's issue. Violence against woman is preventable, not inevitable. The recent Badaun incident highlights the dangers women in India are exposed to due lack of Toilets".
The incident came close on the heels of the countrywide outrage over the gang rape and murder of two teenage cousins in UP's Badaun district. The girls, reported missing by their families on May 27 nights, were found hanging from a tree the next morning. In this most recent case taken place in the state of Uttar Pradesh has been on poor policing and prejudice on Indian caste system. The police officers in the village and the alleged attackers are from a caste with higher status. The young girls always traveled in pairs when walking to the wheat fields near their village at night to relieve themselves before bed. The girls stopped on a small patch of land full of sharp, thorny bushes growing about a foot off the ground. They were then kidnapped.
Crime is happening in other states of India as well. Attacks often go unreported in media. Reported Rapes in India in 2013, 98% accused are parents, relatives and Neighbors. A report analyzed the rape figures in U.P that 90 % of victims were Dalits and 85% of victims were Dalit minors. The latest estimate suggests that new case of rape is reported every 20 minutes in India.
Murder and Rape are crimes punishable by death under Indian Law. Unfortunately due to intimidation of witness and family members, survivors of Assaults and Rapes are also subjected to further attacks to prevent them giving evidence or force them to withdraw criminal complaints. Some are murdered. Conviction rates at around 24% are considered to be relatively high. The Supreme Court on 5th August,2013 issued show cause notice to a senior officer in Madhya Pradesh as to why criminal case be not lodged against him for disclosing the names of rape victims in his Affidavit, which is an offence under section 228 A of the Indian Penal Code.
There are notable incidents. In March, 2004, a 59 year old Australian woman raped and murdered. Software Engineer Nayana Pujari was raped and murdered by her escort driver in Pune in 2009. The gang rape of a 23 year old student (Nirbhaya Incident)on a public bus, on 16 Dec 2012, sparked large protests across the capital of Delhi. As a result of this incident the Government has promised speedy trails in cases of violations. It will improve the lighting of roads and public transport and there will be more police patrols to ensure the safety of the women. Yesterday a cold blooded murder was came in to light. A woman killed in front of her children for resisting rape in Meghalaya. Accused locked up her husband and five children inside the house and pulled out the woman. She was first assaulted and molested. When she resisted, they shot her with automatic assault rifles from point blank range blowing her head in almost two pieces. The murder took place inside National leader Sigma’s house compound in Raja Rongat village Which is the India-Bangladesh border.
Rising of incidents India shamed globally. India image is important, Women security is important. Needs better investigation methods; find the right guy, ways to preserve evidence. We don’t have proper witness protections programmed. Needs Reforms in Criminal justice system. why rapists are not that scared and victims reluctant to go to court.
How the rapes could be stopped, there was only one refrain attitude to women must change; the legal process of dealing with the crime must speed up; and men must be educated and ‘sensitized’ about women’s issues.
Society and Government must feel responsibility to prevent the crimes.
The incident came close on the heels of the countrywide outrage over the gang rape and murder of two teenage cousins in UP's Badaun district. The girls, reported missing by their families on May 27 nights, were found hanging from a tree the next morning. In this most recent case taken place in the state of Uttar Pradesh has been on poor policing and prejudice on Indian caste system. The police officers in the village and the alleged attackers are from a caste with higher status. The young girls always traveled in pairs when walking to the wheat fields near their village at night to relieve themselves before bed. The girls stopped on a small patch of land full of sharp, thorny bushes growing about a foot off the ground. They were then kidnapped.
Crime is happening in other states of India as well. Attacks often go unreported in media. Reported Rapes in India in 2013, 98% accused are parents, relatives and Neighbors. A report analyzed the rape figures in U.P that 90 % of victims were Dalits and 85% of victims were Dalit minors. The latest estimate suggests that new case of rape is reported every 20 minutes in India.
Murder and Rape are crimes punishable by death under Indian Law. Unfortunately due to intimidation of witness and family members, survivors of Assaults and Rapes are also subjected to further attacks to prevent them giving evidence or force them to withdraw criminal complaints. Some are murdered. Conviction rates at around 24% are considered to be relatively high. The Supreme Court on 5th August,2013 issued show cause notice to a senior officer in Madhya Pradesh as to why criminal case be not lodged against him for disclosing the names of rape victims in his Affidavit, which is an offence under section 228 A of the Indian Penal Code.
There are notable incidents. In March, 2004, a 59 year old Australian woman raped and murdered. Software Engineer Nayana Pujari was raped and murdered by her escort driver in Pune in 2009. The gang rape of a 23 year old student (Nirbhaya Incident)on a public bus, on 16 Dec 2012, sparked large protests across the capital of Delhi. As a result of this incident the Government has promised speedy trails in cases of violations. It will improve the lighting of roads and public transport and there will be more police patrols to ensure the safety of the women. Yesterday a cold blooded murder was came in to light. A woman killed in front of her children for resisting rape in Meghalaya. Accused locked up her husband and five children inside the house and pulled out the woman. She was first assaulted and molested. When she resisted, they shot her with automatic assault rifles from point blank range blowing her head in almost two pieces. The murder took place inside National leader Sigma’s house compound in Raja Rongat village Which is the India-Bangladesh border.
Rising of incidents India shamed globally. India image is important, Women security is important. Needs better investigation methods; find the right guy, ways to preserve evidence. We don’t have proper witness protections programmed. Needs Reforms in Criminal justice system. why rapists are not that scared and victims reluctant to go to court.
How the rapes could be stopped, there was only one refrain attitude to women must change; the legal process of dealing with the crime must speed up; and men must be educated and ‘sensitized’ about women’s issues.
Society and Government must feel responsibility to prevent the crimes.
------PENDYALA VASUDEVARAO
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