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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU daily Excelsior Chinese standoff Established 1965 Rape capital? 'Soft' Delhi needs to act tough Founder Editor S.D. Rohmetra Joginder Singh, IPS (Retd) found abandoned in another (3,406), molestation (6,665) and youths in the age group of 17-22 Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva (Retd) edia, have described building and was rushed to med- importation of girls (45) account- and a middle-aged man were otwithstanding, the Chinese troops withdrawal which ended Delhi as not the seat of ical college in Kozhikode ( ing for 14.1%, 15.5% and 56.3% lynched by an irate mob, which the standoff in Ladakh, the Sino-Indian boundary dispute MGNREGA scheme Mpower and Might, but Kerala), where she was subjected of the respective national totals. also including women, in Ncannot be put behind. It is expected to loom larger in the the rape Capital of India, which is to emergency surgeries. And when it comes to sexual Jharkhand’s Khunti district. upcoming bilateral engagement during Chinese Premier Li general observation is that although the State a bit unfair, for the simple reason, A 10-YEAR-OLD girl was harassment or “eve-teasing”, Police said those killed would Keqiang's visit than it would have ordinarily done. The face-off, Government appreciates and welcomes exten- that a crime like rape is preventa- raped by a youth on the premises Andhra Pradesh reported 3,658 often go around Manho village which had kept the two countries on tenterhooks for three weeks, of her school, as she had arrived cases, accounting for 42.7% of teasing girls and women, misbe- sion of various Centrally sponsored develop- ble, only if the people are vigi- ended on May 5, following Indian and Chinese deciding to pull back A lant. In East Delhi a five-year-old 40 minutes earlier to the opening the total number booked in the have with them and also steal cat- from their respective campsites in Depsang plains in eastern mental projects to our State, yet it wants to dodge the was brutalized sexually on 15th of the school, in Vidarbha. country. Uttar Pradesh has the tle and fowl of the villagers. Ladakh. caveat which could make it practically accountable. In April, 2013 and doctor recovered Elsewhere in Vidarbha, five more dubious distinction of topping the According to the Police, the The sudden withdrawal was completed by 7:30 pm, following simpler words the State wants all sorts of financial sup- a bottle and other foreign objects cases of rape were reported. states in dowry deaths as its 2,322 women were angry about it and tough high-level negotiations between the two sides and the fourth port from the Centre without committing itself to the in her private parts. The child was A 45-year-oldman was arrest- cases accounted for 26.9% of the they gave vent to their pent up Brigadier level flag meeting at Chusul a day earlier. The pullback ed in connection with the rape of national tally. anger by beating them up with responsibility of accounting for the same. This is in no tortured, raped and strangled, till came following another round of discussions between local military three minor girls—one aged six Indeed the victim in such canes and pelting them with commanders. However, the stubborn refusal by the officials to even way a healthy sign of Centre-State relationship. If the the rapist felt that she was dead, in a room of 5/5 Size. and the other two aged seven—in crimes are females irrespective of stones which resulted in their confirm what on the face appears to be a victory for Indian diploma- centre floats any project, it is concerned that the end- The accused A married, a village in Amravati their age from 6 months to 60 death. cy gives rise to suspicions on the terms of agreement. result should be something that brings relief to the peo- Bihari, from Muzzaffarnagar was district.’”One of the girls narrated years. The result of slow and Michael Fox once said that The concessions may involve Indian troops pulling back from ple. Naturally, if the purpose is not attained, the author- arrested .The second accused, the incident that apparently hap- inadequate punishments, has lead Man is the most dangerous, their forward positions in some sectors close to the Line of Actual ities have to answer for the shortcoming. allegedly involved in the brutal pened a few days ago. to the people taking the law into destructive, selfish, and unethical Control (LAC). The withdrawal leaves unanswered key questions: The two other girls then came their hand as the following animal on earth.” Let us be precise. Way back in 2006, the centre rape of a five-yearold girl here a What Chinese demands did India accept? Has the People's week ago has also been arrested forward and accused the same instances of lynching of rapists We hear the dictum that law is Liberation Army platoon retreated to its side of the LAC? Why has floated a well-known scheme under Mahatma Gandhi from Bihar, after the police had man. The man knew all three. from all over the country will above everybody else. What is India withdrawn troops from its own areas? National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNRE- verified that the claims made by One of the victims is the grand- show. the use of having umpteen laws, As Chinese troops returned to their pre-April 15 position, Indian GA). Rural development is a subject of much concern the first accused were true. daughter of the man’s cobrother,” In a shocking case, an eight- when the criminals know that troops from Army's Ladakh Scouts and the Indo-Tibetan Border to the Union Government. 80 per cent of India's pop- The victim’s family alleged In Awandhi village, in Nagpur year-old girl was raped in Alwar three out of four of them would Police (ITBP), too, returned to their base camps. The closest ITBP district, a 25-year-old man district of Rajasthan in January, get away. The result is that people ulation lives in rural areas. Our villages are still back- that Policemen had offered them camp at Burtse is 15 km from the face-off site at Raki Nalla, which Mangesh Chandankhede was 2013. have started lynching and punish- is a dry riverbed running parallel to the LAC. ward in many aspects, particularly in basics like Rs 2,000 to hush up the case and they made insensitive remarks. arrested for allegedly raping a 11- The enraged family, wanting ing such criminals on their own. The campsite is 40 km south east of Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), a health, roads, water, electricity, education etc. Real It was also alleged that police year-old girl when she was taking to set an example of vigilante jus- The present criminal justice World War II airstrip reactivated by the Indian Air Force in 2008 as progress means progress of our villages. The Act in refused to register a rape case bath in her house. Her parents tice, tried to lynch one of the two system, which is slanted only part of India's strategy to bolster border defence. Beijing has report- question was necessary because development of vil- after she was rescued, besides were away working on their farm accused in full public view, after towards the criminals need to be edly objected to new constructions at the DBO, which lies just 10 at that time. tying him to a pole and soundly thrown in Indian Ocean, and new lages had to be speeded up. The scheme was accusing the police of refusing to km from the LAC and 80 km south of the Siachen glacier. Also a 12-year-old girl from thrashed him. pro citizen, criminal justice sys- With the exception of Siachen, DBO is India's northernmost mil- extended to our State also and the norms were con- lodge a case when he went to the police station to lodge an FIR. Nagpur alleged that her father Two persons were lynched by tem should be brought into exis- itary post, from which India can keep an eye on the strategically veyed to the Government. One important condition for Rape has become more than had been raping her for the past angry villagers after they raped a tence, apart from strengthening vital 15,937 ft high Karakoram pass. Close on the other side of the implementing the scheme was to appoint an ombuds- common all over the country. It is five months. Her mother reported woman at Egra in West Bengal’s, the judiciary in the interest of LAC are at least four known Chinese border defence regiment posts, man for each district. The ombudsman is required to both under reported, because of the matter to the police. The East Midnapore district, in quick justice. The onus should lie two of which are at Chip-Chap (25 km from the LAC) and Sundo be appointed in each district to consider complaints the social stigma and under regis- father, Sheikh Aseef Sheikh February, 2012. The duo, in their on the criminal to prove that he is (40 km from the LAC). Habib, a taxi driver, and has been early 30s, reportedly abducted innocent. relating to the implementation of the scheme and take tered because the Police perform- Unfortunately, India's acceptance to remove some of the struc- ance is judged by the cases regis- arrested.. To whom the women the woman from her house late Regrettably, instead of sug- tures is only a "face saver" to enable Chinese troop to withdraw to legal action.