Rahul Agarwal
On December 16, 2012, A 23 year old girl was
enjoying the day with her friend by watching a movie in a theater, but she
didn’t know that, that day will be the horrific day of her life which leads to
her death. The victim’s name was Nirbhaya,
Damini which were given by the Times Of India and the nation. All these names
are just merely the identity of that girl who came to Delhi by having dreams in
her eyes. The girl was doing a job as well as studying and who was a medical
student by profession. She is the elder daughter of her parents and who had two
younger brothers. Her father spent all his savings into her daughter’s study by
only one hope she will become the backbone of our family and will feed her
family by getting a good job, but on December 16, the most heinous crime took place
in which she was gang raped by six people in a moving bus and was thrown out of
the bus on a chilly winter night. After fighting for nearly thirteen odd days
with courage and determination and after that, she lost the battle of her life
and India lost a brave daughter. This gruesome incident shocked the nation
about the safety of women not only in urban areas but also in rural areas.
Protest across Nation
Protest across Nation
After the incident happened, huge numbers of youth
were protesting against the government for the safety concerns of women in the
national capital. Students from various colleges joined and protesting at the
India Gate with only one hope that this could open the eyes of the government
and can punish the perpetrators. After the protest, government took serious
steps to overcome from this incident. Government ordered DMRC to close down ten
metro stations which were near to India Gate areas. Almost every road was close
with barricades and huge amount of police force deployed near to India Gate and
Rashtrapati Bhavan. Huge numbers of individuals were praying for the girl with
candles in their hand but no candles and no pray saved the girl who was
brutally assaulted and gang raped by six men in a moving bus.
Furore after comments by Asaram Bapu
After this incident, many politicians and yog gurus came
into the center and made some unacceptable comments which no one can expect and
this created vigilante euphoria in the media. First, Asaram Bapu came who has
known for his lectures and yog, made the atrocious comment that “The girl was
as guilty as the rapists, she should have called one of them brother and beg
them before those six heading towards her.” This pathetic comment by a Yog guru created
huge outrage across the nation, as this was not expected from a yog guru.
Perhaps, “people should preaching a yog guru like him” said by the brother of
that girl after knowing the comments made by Asaram bapu. After this, one of
the politicians made a comment that “Biharis were responsible for the Delhi
gang rape”. After this comment, people made their mindset that this incident
benefited politicians a lot. Many of them came forward and had sympathy for the
family of the girl but none took the appropriate steps to improve the safety of
women in the Delhi. After this incident, when news reporters of various
channels took the initiative to find out how much Delhi roads are safer for the
women? Then news reporters were also became the victim of eve-teasing and got weird
comments by the bad boys and nobody took any action against them.
Justice
by the Blind Law
Only one good thing about Delhi police in this case
was culprits were nabbed by police within 24 hours when they did the most
heinous crime in the history of the India. But only putting all the
perpetrators behind the bars is not the only solution. So far the hearing is
going on as usual in the Indian law. Police already gathered huge amount of
proof and only eye witness in this case is the victim’s friend who was with her
when the incident took place. Now, according to the news the six prime accused
who is a Juvenile (according to his family) will get maximum punishment of
three years and will come out from the bars after three years. This shows how
bad the Indian law is. Now let me start with the law. Juvenile is defined under
the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act as someone below 18
years. This Act states that the justice system, as available for adults, is not
suitable for application to juveniles. Thus, the purpose of the Act is to
provide for the care, protection, treatment, development, rehabilitation and
social integration of delinquent juveniles. Disputes relating to juveniles are
heard by specially constituted Juvenile Justice Boards.
It’s important to clarify a common misgiving that an inquiry initiated against an accused, who at the time of the offence was a juvenile, does not abate merely upon such person crossing 18 years during the course of such inquiry. The societal changes over the last decade, changed nutritional diet and the exposure that the children have from a very young age, it is true that they are maturing faster and hence, the age of the juveniles must reduce it to 16 or up to 14.
This brutal gang rape of a 23 year old girl in a moving bus is a grim reminder of how unsafe the capital is for women. The Horrific incident draws attention once again to the disturbing phenomenon of crimes against women and weak enforcement of law.
The primary reasons of the crimes and the perpetrators are fearless because of low conviction rate for sexual crimes, absence of police reforms and a pathetic judicial process.
After the confession of the incident by the victim’s friend on the national TV, it was confirmed that India lost not only a brave daughter but also its humanity. A moving bus which was roaming for more than two and half hours was not seen by anybody. When both the girl and boy thrown out of the bus and they were not having clothes on their body, nobody gave them clothes and three PCRs came and were discussing this case will go in which police station instead of taking them to hospital. This was the ridiculous part of duty from police side. A girl lost her life, a father lost his daughter, a brother lost his sister, a friend lost his prestigious friend, a nation lost his brave daughter but nobody will understand the pain of a mother who lost her princess. After this brutal gang rap murder India definitely lost its humanity!
It’s important to clarify a common misgiving that an inquiry initiated against an accused, who at the time of the offence was a juvenile, does not abate merely upon such person crossing 18 years during the course of such inquiry. The societal changes over the last decade, changed nutritional diet and the exposure that the children have from a very young age, it is true that they are maturing faster and hence, the age of the juveniles must reduce it to 16 or up to 14.
This brutal gang rape of a 23 year old girl in a moving bus is a grim reminder of how unsafe the capital is for women. The Horrific incident draws attention once again to the disturbing phenomenon of crimes against women and weak enforcement of law.
The primary reasons of the crimes and the perpetrators are fearless because of low conviction rate for sexual crimes, absence of police reforms and a pathetic judicial process.
After the confession of the incident by the victim’s friend on the national TV, it was confirmed that India lost not only a brave daughter but also its humanity. A moving bus which was roaming for more than two and half hours was not seen by anybody. When both the girl and boy thrown out of the bus and they were not having clothes on their body, nobody gave them clothes and three PCRs came and were discussing this case will go in which police station instead of taking them to hospital. This was the ridiculous part of duty from police side. A girl lost her life, a father lost his daughter, a brother lost his sister, a friend lost his prestigious friend, a nation lost his brave daughter but nobody will understand the pain of a mother who lost her princess. After this brutal gang rap murder India definitely lost its humanity!
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