Despite the Supreme Court banning the sale of acid nationwide and reading out the riot act to people/retailers selling the same over the counter, desperadoes and depraved souls continue to procure the same with growing impunity and douse those unfortunate souls who spurn their unwelcome overtures.........
In the latest instance of a demure damsel falling prey to the baser instincts of a demented and demonic soul; a 16 year old minor was doused by her spurned 35 year old suitor when she disdainfully turned down his marriage proposal in Lucknow's Sarojini Nagar area on Saturday evening........
The girl who suffered more than 35% burns on her face, neck and legs has since been admitted to the city's super speciality Doctor Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital and is on the road to recovery according to the team of doctors attending on her........
According to the investigating officer, the girl a class XI student of a prominent Lucknow Hospital originally hails from Bihar and has been residing in the Sarojini Nagar area with her maternal grandparents for the past several months, while her attacker 35 year old Riyaz Ahmed who also happens to be her distant relative had returned from the gulf a couple of months back and had been residing in Rae Bareilly ever since.........
According to the complaint filed before the Lucknow Police, the victim is said to have alleged that she was waiting for a tempo at around 5 pm in the Krishna Nagar area where she attends coaching classes in various disciplines when the accused chanced upon the spot and offered her a lift back home in his car........
She soon realised that the accused had other plans up his sleeve when he diverted his car towards the Shaheed Path instead of the customary way home; he subsequently proceeded towards Aurangabad and proceeded to repeat the very same marriage proposals that he had repeatedly made over the course of the preceding few days.........
Sticking to her guns, the victim spurned his proposals after which he took to blustering, abusing her and threatening her with dire consequences if she did not succumb to his overtures...........
To his dismay, the victim was made of sterner stuff and did not accede to his indecent proposal even after he started turning violent and forcing himself upon her; in a bid to save her modesty and ward of his advances, the victim kept pushing him off and started screaming for help as loudly as she could..........
On seeing that his game was up and that his violent conduct was not yielding the desired or anticipated results, he then conjured up a bottle of the dreaded liquid (acid) and liberally sprinkled her with the same while maniacally repeating that he would disfigure and main her for life if she did not do as she was bid.........
Despite experiencing excruciating physical pain and considerable mental anguish, the victim managed to keep her wits about her and jump out of the running car; a kindly soul took note of her sorry plight and summoned both the police authorities as well as an auto driver who then made his way towards the nearest police outpost with the grievously injured victim in tow..........
The investigating officer also revealed the fact that the sequence of events as narrated by the victim conclusively established the fact that the victim had attacked the girl as a part of a well though out and callously conceived strategy; he also added that look out notices have since been posted at both the Delhi and Lucknow airports as the police feared that the absconding accused might make a bid to flee the country sooner rather than later............
It is indeed high time that the enforcing authorities started enforcing the diktats laid down by the Supreme Court in this regard with renewed vigour and all the force at their command as such attacks do not only scar the body and soul of the victims involved but also leave indelible imprints on the moral fabric of a seemingly uncaring and callous country as a whole........
We also need to introspect and carefully examine our reactions towards the sorrowful plight of the victims of such attacks as a significant majority of us show a remarkable propensity towards blaming the victim, casting wholly unfounded and sordid allegations on her character and often repeating the dictum that the victim must have indeed done something to suffer this calamity.........
In the latest instance of a demure damsel falling prey to the baser instincts of a demented and demonic soul; a 16 year old minor was doused by her spurned 35 year old suitor when she disdainfully turned down his marriage proposal in Lucknow's Sarojini Nagar area on Saturday evening........
The girl who suffered more than 35% burns on her face, neck and legs has since been admitted to the city's super speciality Doctor Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital and is on the road to recovery according to the team of doctors attending on her........
According to the investigating officer, the girl a class XI student of a prominent Lucknow Hospital originally hails from Bihar and has been residing in the Sarojini Nagar area with her maternal grandparents for the past several months, while her attacker 35 year old Riyaz Ahmed who also happens to be her distant relative had returned from the gulf a couple of months back and had been residing in Rae Bareilly ever since.........
According to the complaint filed before the Lucknow Police, the victim is said to have alleged that she was waiting for a tempo at around 5 pm in the Krishna Nagar area where she attends coaching classes in various disciplines when the accused chanced upon the spot and offered her a lift back home in his car........
She soon realised that the accused had other plans up his sleeve when he diverted his car towards the Shaheed Path instead of the customary way home; he subsequently proceeded towards Aurangabad and proceeded to repeat the very same marriage proposals that he had repeatedly made over the course of the preceding few days.........
Sticking to her guns, the victim spurned his proposals after which he took to blustering, abusing her and threatening her with dire consequences if she did not succumb to his overtures...........
To his dismay, the victim was made of sterner stuff and did not accede to his indecent proposal even after he started turning violent and forcing himself upon her; in a bid to save her modesty and ward of his advances, the victim kept pushing him off and started screaming for help as loudly as she could..........
On seeing that his game was up and that his violent conduct was not yielding the desired or anticipated results, he then conjured up a bottle of the dreaded liquid (acid) and liberally sprinkled her with the same while maniacally repeating that he would disfigure and main her for life if she did not do as she was bid.........
Despite experiencing excruciating physical pain and considerable mental anguish, the victim managed to keep her wits about her and jump out of the running car; a kindly soul took note of her sorry plight and summoned both the police authorities as well as an auto driver who then made his way towards the nearest police outpost with the grievously injured victim in tow..........
The investigating officer also revealed the fact that the sequence of events as narrated by the victim conclusively established the fact that the victim had attacked the girl as a part of a well though out and callously conceived strategy; he also added that look out notices have since been posted at both the Delhi and Lucknow airports as the police feared that the absconding accused might make a bid to flee the country sooner rather than later............
It is indeed high time that the enforcing authorities started enforcing the diktats laid down by the Supreme Court in this regard with renewed vigour and all the force at their command as such attacks do not only scar the body and soul of the victims involved but also leave indelible imprints on the moral fabric of a seemingly uncaring and callous country as a whole........
We also need to introspect and carefully examine our reactions towards the sorrowful plight of the victims of such attacks as a significant majority of us show a remarkable propensity towards blaming the victim, casting wholly unfounded and sordid allegations on her character and often repeating the dictum that the victim must have indeed done something to suffer this calamity.........
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