ARTICLE
Rapes have spread like an epidemic across India. The only
difference being that compared to North Indian States, South Indian States are
trailing far behind Northern States. Until recently Delhi was the epicentre of
rapes.
Now that it has spread to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar and a number of States.
Delhi turned out to be a rape capital since decades and it
was frequently testing the patience of Delhites and continuously so.
Whenever the issue of widespread rapes across Delhi, the unfortunate
incident of a gang rape of a physiotherapy student who was studying at AIIMS
(All India Institute of Medical Sciences) comes to our mind. The incident in
night of December 16, 2012 when she along with her boy friend boarded a bus in
which six people, all friends were travelling. It was not in the thick of
night, only 9 ‘O’ clock approximately. The girl was brutally raped on the
running bus by each one among the culprits. And when the girl resisted with all
her might they too turned brutal and violent nearly took her to the brink of
death. The wicked rascals after being gratified threw the girl and her
boy-friend who was tied up by ropes to a corner of a street.
The whole Delhi came to know
about the shocking incident, every member of each house irrespective of
girls, men and women, youth and even children poured out into the streets and
went on the rampage, sloganeering demanded those at the helm of affairs to bring
the culprits to book and take measures to award them capital punishment and
nothing short of that.
They were nabbed in no time and incarcerated. The issue went
to the court and after trial, barring a juvenile who was among the culprits - the
most ruthless among them were sentenced to death. The No.1 accused one Ram Singh
took his life by hanging while he was in the Tihar jail.
Meanwhile, Government appointed former Chief Justice of
India Justice J S Verma to inquire about the prevailing rapes and suggest
measures to put an end to this epidemic as early as possible. Justice Verma
within a stipulated period submitted his report in which he suggested a long
list of stringent measures to be taken in future to put a full stop to the
inhuman crimes of rape.
The girl in the story though struggled with death until the
last moment had to succumb to her serious injuries in a Singapore hospital. In
her memory, the government decided to implement ‘Nirbhaya’ for the safety of
women in the society but to no avail. Even in Delhi a number of incidents occurred,
most of them gang rapes, and the culprits roam around the streets scot-free. Even
on the other day a 9th class student while on her way to her house
after attending school was abducted and forcibly pushed into a car drove around
the city and was raped by two youths in their early 20’s ruthlessly and left
her there. Though a case was filed whether they would be nabbed, no one knows.
One month before two ladies were shot dead by two youths for
not withdrawing the cases against two sex-starved men in Uttar Pradesh.
Mulayam Singh, father of UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is
always alleged to be by the side of the culprits wherever such incidents take place. Is he a
human being? - the question is better left to the civilians to give an answer.
Such incidents are not confined to a Delhi or a UP but as I
have already mentioned it is prevalent across India. Not a single day passes
without the incidents of rapes happening somewhere in India.
It is high time the ‘so-called’ responsible rulers rose to
the occasion.
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