5 hours agoThe woman he accused of raping MP dies self-defence
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)A 24-year-old Indian man has set fire to himself last week following a campaign of pressure and threats by the country's police and judiciary to drop the rape charges by a parliamentary deputy. The event has brought back to the attention of the shameful treatment of women in the country. The girl and a friend of hers [...]
The girl and a male friend broadcast a live video on the Facebook network on August 16th, before they poured gasoline into themselves and burned in flames. They were later sent to the hospital with severe burns. The man died last Saturday, and the girl lost her life to the wounds last night.
Both had traveled from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to Delhi capital. Their desperate act before India's Supreme Court shocked the country and drew attention to the neglected issue.
Earlier, the girl had accused Atul Rai, party deputy Bahujan Samaj (BSP), of raping him at his home in Varanasie and denouncing police complaint from 2019.
Rai, who denies the charges, was arrested a month later and has been in prison for the past two years.
But in November, the accused's brother indicted the girl for fraud, and earlier this month the court issued an arrest warrant against her.
In a live Facebook video, the new one accuses the MP of using his influence to molest and persecute him.
She and her friend had contacted the police and even a judge, accusing them of cooperating with Ray.
We've reached the destination where they wanted to take us. Their efforts in the past two years led us to this point,” says the girl on video.
The authorities have pushed us to death since November 2020. We want you, citizens of Uttar Pradesh and the whole country to hear this,” says her friend.
The step they will take is scary and painful. We're a little scared, but fear is nothing,” he added, a few minutes before they're conscious.
Authorities said they have suspended two police officers during the investigation into the incident.
Video viewing is difficult, in some cases the girl's voice trembles, and her spirit is stirred by despair.
Rape of sexual crimes has been the focus of attention in India since December 2012, when a 23-year-old girl was raped by six men on a bus in the capital city of Delhi. She died a few days later from her injuries.
In 2018, police recorded 33.977 rapes in India, which means a rape in about 15 minutes, without accounting for the largest number not reported by stigma and discrimination.
In 2018 another woman tried to consciously follow the rape by Kuldeep Sengar, deputy of the ruling Bharatiya Yanata party.
