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New Delhi: In yet
another shocking incident, two sisters aged 11 and 13 years were
allegedly raped by their mother's paramour in Delhi for many
months, as the courts Thursday expressed concern over rising rapes
of women, especially minors.
Taking a serious note of the sexual assaults on women, especially
the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl ten days ago, the Delhi
High Court commented that "something somewhere is wrong".
The Supreme Court also commented on the prevailing situation and
said the framers of the constitution did not visualize such
incidents or provide for provisions to deal with them.
The apex court also took a dim view of police violence against
women, saying that "if Mahatma Gandhi were to be born today, he
would have died many times."
The comments came as the police arrested Rakesh Mishra, 35, a
motor mechanic, for sexually assaulting the two girls for several
months. Mishra was in an illicit relationship with the girl's
mother. He was staying with them for the past one year.
The victim's mother works as a domestic help.
"The accused had been staying in the victim's house in Shahbad
Dairy area for the past one year and raped the sisters several
times," a senior police officer told IANS.
On Wednesday night, the elder sister approached a neighbour and
told her about the assault, who in turn informed the police.
Police said medical examination confirmed rape.
The accused belongs to Uttar Pradesh's Kushi Nagar and is married
with five children.
Sexual attacks on minor girls continued to be reported from
different parts of the country - showing the growing depravity in
the society.
In Patna's Muzaffarpur district, a 50-year-old man was arrested
for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl who was playing outside
his shop. The accused identified as Qamrul Hoda was arrested
Wednesday evening. The incident triggered angry protests in the
area.
In another rape case, police arrested a youth, Raju Rishideo, who
allegedly sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl in a village
under Alamganj block in Madhepura district.
Bihar has seen at least half a dozen cases of rape and gang-rape
in the last four days.
In Bhubaneswar, President Mukherjee said the increase in cases of
brutal assault on women and children has shaken the collective
conscience of the nation.
"Such criminal depravity is a threat to the civilised functioning
of society. The society must ensure the dignity and respect for
women," he said.
Commenting on the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl that
triggered massive street protests in the city and elsewhere, a
division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant
Nath said : "Are people going mad? A five-year-old has been
raped... Some sort of awareness is needed."
The five-year-old girl was abducted April 15 and kept captive for
two days without food and water in a room in which the attacker
lived in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar.
The girl was rescued when her family members, who stay in the same
building, heard her screams April 17. The two accused had inserted
a small glass bottle and two candle pieces into her vagina. The
episode, which comes four months after the Dec 16 gang-rape of a
young woman, caused outrage in the national capital.
"Now we have to see how to prevent this type of crime and for that
we have to find out the root cause. Everybody is very sad what is
happening in Delhi. It's a frequent thing here," the court
observed.
"Most of the accused belong to neighbouring states. How to prevent
this," the court asked while suggesting that the government should
screen the people coming to the national capital from various
states.
The bench said there was an "urgent" need to sensitise the police
and directed the government to take necessary steps in this
direction.
The Delhi Police have also attracted a lot of flak for delay in
investigation into the five-year-old girl's rape case. The
victim's father also accused the police for bribing them to hush
up the case. One police officer was suspended for slapping a woman
protester and was charged Thursday.
The Supreme Court said it would take a very serious view of
another incident of police violence against a woman, and the
person involved would have to bear the wrath of the court. The
apex court said it would go beyond its norms in dealing with
police personnel involved in such incidents.
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