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Tuesday 18 December 2012

Capital's shame!


Yesterday  a stunning news was flashed by all news channels about the rape of a girl, in her twenties. It was all the more shocking that this heinous crime was committed in  a running bus not by one or two but five men. It was bus was  a private bus  with  tinted glasses and heavily curtained. All the five were allegedly friends of the bus driver. The girl is a paramedical student She boarded the bus around 9.30 p.m. along with a friend. The  hooligans started teasing the girl and passing vulgar remarks.When her  friend objected , he was beaten up by the  goondas and pushed inside the driver’s cabin. Both of them were stripped and dropped   on the  road side. The  two were taken to  a hospital. The girl’s condition is  stated to be serious.  She is reported to  be on the ventilator.  All the miscreants along with the driver have allegedly been arrested. The question arises that  who permitted the private  bus driver to take passengers? Why were the glasses tinted, when it has been banned  under the law?



  Such news sends shivers  down  the spine.   This is not the first time that an incident  of this  kind has been reported. If such a ghastly  crime  can  happen in  the well protected national  capital of the country, what will  the state of affairs  in  less policed towns and villages.  

 How can such crimes be  prevented ?  This is a moot point. The guardians of law  have to be more  vigilant.All important bus stands  specially near   schools and colleges,  and  near crowded   market places  should have  round the clock vigil.  Any suspicious looking  characters  should be detained and questioned. The punishment in such crimes  should be fast and stringent and before the  incidence fades out of public memory.

  This post was written two years ago. It is matter of concern that the situation continues to be the same. Educated people and authorities that matter, must seriously consider what punishment should be given to the culprits in such cases. The punishment  must be stringent and the law too must be strengthened.

 

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16 comments:

  1. You see like many , I have a daughter . And my first reaction was of apprehension . She is a student in the university in Mumbai and this is the first year she is on her own. A parent's fear !.

    I do not endorse death penalty.Over the years I have been wiser I guess as far as capital punishment goes. But honestly I would vote for death to such animals and if at all there be capital punishment on the statute it must be for rape.
    It is just not enough to blame the social order etc for such acts. These are animals that shame animals and are done without.

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    1. Every parent ,who has a girl will have the same feelings.In some countries such creatures are are flogged in public. Yesterday this incident was condemned unanimously in the Lok Sabha,everybody recommending life imprisonmeent/death penality for these animals!

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  2. Scary...shameful..Only animals could derive pleasure out of rape. For a couple of hundred rupees, there are thousands of prostitutes available in the country...why harm innocent girls? With incidents like this, make me feel shameful of myself as an Indian. I think each girl should carry a hand knife or chilli sprays in their hands and ...ughh..pathetic...

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  3. Yes it very scary.Such animals have no right to exist.They should be exterminated.Yesterday the whole day there were rallies, to protest against this shameful incident.Every body demanding death penalty for these wretched creatures.

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  4. If they bring the law, no one will dare to do it again.

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  5. This one is such a shameful and a heinous crime! Glad that this one could be highlighted by the media and now there are demands for newer laws and faster decisions for such crimes. But what about the thousand others which just go unreported and leaves the victim alone to battle the physical, mental and emotional scars!

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  6. Yes it is very frightening. Due to such Public outbursts some action may be taken against those 'animals'.You are correct. Such shameful incidents happen in remote places and go unnoticed. What a pity.

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  7. Yes, it indeed is a matter of shame to have such crimes happen day in and day out. The recent Uber cab rape case also is a live testimony of how things have not changed. About time some miracle happens.

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    1. Yes Vinodini,in our country anything can happen. Unless some stringent punishment is prescribed nothing is going to happen.

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  8. What a horrible tragedy, and even more awful that it continues to happen. I wish I had the power to change things.

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    1. Yes Laurel this is very tragic.Thank you for visiting.

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  9. It's so hard to hear such tragic stories day in and day out and especially worse I think when committed by a gang of men. My recent post in in part about such incidents in India...it might interest you possibly...http://www.xpressyouressence.blogspot.ca/2014/12/december-10-human-rights-day.html <3

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    1. Ell I have read your article. No one in his/ her senses will support this sort of devilish attacks. It is barbaric. Another thing which is commonly heard these days is that a member of the family who exploit their nieces, cousins etc.It is very shameful.

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  10. Humanity is lost that's what this incident stands for ...It's so sad!

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    1. Yes Naba such shameful incidents must be condemned.

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  11. Sad and scary that there is no change in the situation.
    Hope strict action is taken.

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