Gangrape, murder and unending wait for justice

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Santosh Singh: Patna, Jan 10 2013, 00:17 IST

She was harassed for dowry for two years. She was kidnapped, allegedly by goons hired by her husband and in-laws, gangraped for 11 days and then strangled and thrown into a ditch at Punpun near Patna. She was cremated by police, her body unclaimed till then. The postmortem had shown clear signs of gangrape. She was eventualy identified from photographs of her body.

All this happened in September 2011. Since then, the woman’s father, junior commanding officer Subedar Akhileshar Kumar Singh, now posted at Danapur Cantonment, has been fighting for justice. His daughter, 26, was married to an Army lance naik, Saket Kumar, now declared a deserter.

The Gaya police have chargesheeted nine people including Saket Kumar for rape, murder and dowry harassment, but not been able to arrest any of them yet. Three people have sought anticipatory bail and the rest are listed as “absconding” in the police diary.

Singh’s family alleges police are too scared to travel to the Naxal-dominated villages of the accused. His wife Urmila Devi, stricken ill by the loss of their daughter and bedridden since, alleges a local politician had put pressure on police “not to arrest anyone”.

When the Army officer met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his janta darbar on Monday, senior police officers present there “knew his case very well”. He was sent home with assurances about how serious the police were about his daughter’s case.

It was the second time Singh had met the chief minister. Singh says he and his son Nitesh

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Justice???

Oana | 29-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

It's hard to understand for someone like me, living in a Western country, that gangrapers are not punished. They are not arrested. And the death of a woman it's not an important matter in a country like India. In fact, I am sure that thousands of women are killed like this woman in India, each year, but no one cares of them, because... they are women, so an inferior race. I think cows are much more respected in India than women. No one can image a gangrape of a cow, which is after that killed.

UNENDING WAIT FOR JUSTICE (GANGRAPE-DELHI)

Varghese | 10-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

The Govt., and Judiciary delaying the process to convict and to execute the ultimate punishment of a death sentence, for further outrage and quenchless outcry of the people for justice.

What can we expect?

Sanjay Kumar | 10-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

We have seen so many comments blaming congress but what is happening in Nitish's state. Even her father met him personally, no action has been taken. Kuch nahi ho sakta is desh ka, especially Bihar ka.