Thursday, October 11, 2012

Pregnant woman raped in Haryana



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: PVCHR Communication <cfr.pvchr@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Subject: Pregnant woman raped in Haryana
To: jrlawnhrc@hub.nic.in, covdnhrc@nic.in
Cc: lenin@pvchr.asia


To, 
The Chairperson
National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi

Dear Sir, 

I want to bring in your towards the news published  in Hindustan Times on October, 2012 Pregnant woman raped in Haryana http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Haryana/Pregnant-woman-raped-in-Haryana/Article1-942782.aspx

regnant woman raped in Haryana
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
Kaithal, October 11, 2012
First Published: 00:22 IST(11/10/2012)
Last Updated: 00:24 IST(11/10/2012)
A five-month pregnant married Dalit woman, 19, was allegedly abducted and raped by two men in northern Haryana's Kaithal district, leaving the state reeling under the impact of the 15th reported sexual assault on its women within a month. The incident came to light on Wednesday, a day 
after Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited the family of a 15-year-old rape victim in Jind district who committed suicide. 

Kaithal police have arrested the two accused, Rakesh and Pawan, on the woman's complaint, said district superintendent of police Kuldeep Singh.

According to the woman, the accused abducted her around 4am on Tuesday when she had gone out of her house to answer nature's call.

Singh said, "Investigation has revealed a call was made from the woman's phone to accused Rakesh at 3.20am on Tuesday. The call details and other evidence will be placed in court."

The series of rapes have raised a political storm in Haryana, where the powerful khaps have suggested lowering the marriageable age of boys and girls to 16 years to curb incidents of sexual assault.

On Tuesday, Gandhi had taken on the khaps, saying law was solely in the hands of the judiciary. Former Haryana chief minister and INLD leader Om Prakash Chautla, however, supported the khap panchayats' suggestion on Wednesday, citing a Mughal-era practice.

"The Mughal sultanate in this country used to misbehave with women... to prevent that, people started getting their young girls married early so that no one did anything wrong to them… currently a similar situation is arising in the state."

In Delhi, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the Centre was monitoring the situation in Haryana.

Therefore it is a kind request please take appropriate action at earliest. 


Thanking You

Sincerely Yours

Lenin Raghuvanshi
Secretary General
Peoples' Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
Sa 4/2 A Daulatpur, Varanasi - 221002
Mobile No: +91-9935599333


No comments:

Post a Comment