Dalit woman’s rape by policeman rocks Rajasthan assembly
The rape of a Dalit woman by a policeman in the presence of the victim's three-year-old son in the Sanganer area here rocked the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday.
The police did not register her complain. The woman said that three men from the village attempted to rape her some months ago when she was on her way to buy medicines.
SNS | New Delhi | December 8, 2019 11:13 am
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Even after so many incidents of rape and the outrage over the death of the Unnao rape victim who was set ablaze by her accused, the police in the Uttar Pradesh district remain as callous as ever.
In yet another incident at Hindupur village, same place where the Unnao rape victim had been set on fire on Thursday, another woman alleged on Saturday that the police had refused to file her complaint of attempted rape.
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The police allegedly asked the woman to come with her complaint after the rape had taken place.
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“Rape toh hua nahi, jab hoga tab aana (Rape has not happened, come when it happens),” is what a cop at the police station told the woman.
The police did not register her complain. The woman said that three men from the village attempted to rape her some months ago when she was on her way to buy medicines.
“I was going to take my medicines. These three men stopped me and started pulling my clothes. They also attempted to rape me,” she said.
She has also identified the accused.
When she approached the police with her complaint the cops threw her out and asked her to come after the rape has happened. The woman said she has been visiting the police station for over three months but no one has heard her case.
“After the incident, I called 1090 (women help line) and they asked me to Dial 100 but they asked me to report the matter to Unnao police,” she said.
She alleged that the three accused have been threatening to kill her as well.
“They come to my house everyday and threaten me with dire consequences if I file a complaint,” the woman said.
A nationwide outrage erupted after a rape victim was allegedly set on fire by the rape accused in Unnao on Thursday morning. The victim, who had suffered more than 90 per cent burn injuries, was airlifted to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Thursday evening and was in an extremely critical condition. Later, at 11:40 pm on Friday, she died of cardiac arrest.
The woman, who had survived a brutal gangrape earlier in March, was on Thursday assaulted and set ablaze by five accused in the case in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district when she was on her way to the Rae Bareli court to testify against the men.
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The rape of a Dalit woman by a policeman in the presence of the victim's three-year-old son in the Sanganer area here rocked the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday.
The injured criminal was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.
A journalist working for a reputed Hindi daily was shot dead by criminals in Sitapur on Saturday afternoon.
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