Hypocrisy and double standards, thy name is certainly India; on a day when the primary opposition party namely the Bharatiya Janata Party vehemently opposed the government's proposal to go in appeal against the Supreme Court's ruling on the contentious and controversial article 377 and came out in strong support of the Supreme Court's stand on the same, a dastardly case of a father repeatedly raping two of his daughters has been reported from the BJP bastion of Gujarat......
Yes, you certainly heard it right, an errant father has been arrested by the local police for the gruesome, sinful and sordid act of repeatedly raping and assaulting two of his teen aged daughters over a period ranging a little over three years........
And all this while, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate and three term Gujarat chief minister Shri Narendra Modi goes around patting his own back and proclaiming Gujarat as the safest and most secure place within the country for teen aged girls and women........
This case came to the limelight late yesterday evening when the local police (village police from a village adjoining Ahmedabad) apprehended and arrested a father on charges of repeatedly raping two of his four daughters, the eldest and second born for a period ranging a little over three years.........
According to the eldest daughter and complainant in the case, the "deranged" father turned his unwelcome attention on her when she turned eleven and started showing the earliest signs and manifestations of puberty, the daughter in turn brought this gruesome matter to her mother's notice, but her father simply dismissed the daughter's charges and even beat up his wife for showing the temerity to question him on the matter.......
So, this sordid saga of incest and depraved carnal desires continued on it's merry way for a little over three years and the eldest daughter bore her trauma with stoicism and resigned resignation, but could not bear the shame and ignominy any longer as she saw her tormentor and torturer turn his unwelcome attentions on his second born daughter a few months ago and also make her the target of his insatiable sexual appetite..........
Summoning up long repressed reserves of bravery and resilience, the now fourteen plus eldest born approached the principal of her village school this time around and narrated her tale of misfortune and woe to her; the principal in turn displayed remarkable alertness and alacrity in the matter and duly knocked on the doors of the local police station.......
Taking due cognisance of the matter and the complaints filed by the victims, their mother and principal in this regard, the police swung into action without any further ado and promptly arrested the accused, they also registered cases against him under the relevant and applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code and made due arrangements to produce him in a local court.......
Considerable pressure id being borne down on the mother and daughters as regards the withdrawal of the complaint registered against the father and hammering out of a compromise suitable to all parties concerned as the supposedly "fair' name of the village is being blasphemed and the long established social mores and order is being challenged.........
The mother and daughters however have remained steadfast and said that there is no question of going back on their principled stand as the daughters can only look forward to a bright and rosy future in the absence of their marauding father; a few NGO's have come forward to fund the girl's education and also ensure their bright future.........
the fact of the matter is that more than 50% of all rapes committed in the country are committed under the roof of home and hearth, involving either the father, brother, uncles or then a close blood relative.........
But, such rapes largely go unreported as the so called family prestige and hypocritical social mores and practices hold sway; I for one salute the courage of these brave hearts and ardently hope and pray that their ranks swell by the day so that this menace can be confined to the dustbins of history at the earliest given opportunity......... .
Yes, you certainly heard it right, an errant father has been arrested by the local police for the gruesome, sinful and sordid act of repeatedly raping and assaulting two of his teen aged daughters over a period ranging a little over three years........
And all this while, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate and three term Gujarat chief minister Shri Narendra Modi goes around patting his own back and proclaiming Gujarat as the safest and most secure place within the country for teen aged girls and women........
This case came to the limelight late yesterday evening when the local police (village police from a village adjoining Ahmedabad) apprehended and arrested a father on charges of repeatedly raping two of his four daughters, the eldest and second born for a period ranging a little over three years.........
According to the eldest daughter and complainant in the case, the "deranged" father turned his unwelcome attention on her when she turned eleven and started showing the earliest signs and manifestations of puberty, the daughter in turn brought this gruesome matter to her mother's notice, but her father simply dismissed the daughter's charges and even beat up his wife for showing the temerity to question him on the matter.......
So, this sordid saga of incest and depraved carnal desires continued on it's merry way for a little over three years and the eldest daughter bore her trauma with stoicism and resigned resignation, but could not bear the shame and ignominy any longer as she saw her tormentor and torturer turn his unwelcome attentions on his second born daughter a few months ago and also make her the target of his insatiable sexual appetite..........
Summoning up long repressed reserves of bravery and resilience, the now fourteen plus eldest born approached the principal of her village school this time around and narrated her tale of misfortune and woe to her; the principal in turn displayed remarkable alertness and alacrity in the matter and duly knocked on the doors of the local police station.......
Taking due cognisance of the matter and the complaints filed by the victims, their mother and principal in this regard, the police swung into action without any further ado and promptly arrested the accused, they also registered cases against him under the relevant and applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code and made due arrangements to produce him in a local court.......
Considerable pressure id being borne down on the mother and daughters as regards the withdrawal of the complaint registered against the father and hammering out of a compromise suitable to all parties concerned as the supposedly "fair' name of the village is being blasphemed and the long established social mores and order is being challenged.........
The mother and daughters however have remained steadfast and said that there is no question of going back on their principled stand as the daughters can only look forward to a bright and rosy future in the absence of their marauding father; a few NGO's have come forward to fund the girl's education and also ensure their bright future.........
the fact of the matter is that more than 50% of all rapes committed in the country are committed under the roof of home and hearth, involving either the father, brother, uncles or then a close blood relative.........
But, such rapes largely go unreported as the so called family prestige and hypocritical social mores and practices hold sway; I for one salute the courage of these brave hearts and ardently hope and pray that their ranks swell by the day so that this menace can be confined to the dustbins of history at the earliest given opportunity......... .
No comments:
Post a Comment