Days after a police constable raped a 16-year-old student inside an outpost at Mumbai's Marine Drive, a front-page article in the Monday edition of Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna partly blamed such incidents on provocative clothes girls wear. [more]
The politicisation of rape, that is what has happened in Mumbai. The ruling party Cong-NCP combine and the Shive Sena have turned the shame of Mumbai (when a constable raped a teenager in the middle of the day while on duty) into blame game. " [more]
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil on Wednesday said it will be wrong to criticise the whole force for an isolated incident and instead blamed the laws which could be exploited by cops to "harass" people. [more]
How do we expect any progress in India when its law makers & upholders are upto such dastardly acts. The people making such statements should be sent to school again and put in jail with the same constable. They are no better than him and in most likelihood much worse than the constable in terms of being potential social miscreants. Was there something wrong in the way we achieved freedom. Why dont we have well-intentioned politicians who atleast make it look as if they are concerned with the welfare of the society. Why do NRIs even feel proud of India ??
Shobhna Srivastava said...
I had read this too and was shocked by the reaction of various "respected" politicians of our "great" country. They have nothing better to do than to increase their vote and bank balance. The attitude of the society has to change, and that means each of us. In the name of culture and religion they will make us believe complete absurdity. I agree prevention is better than cure. But this no way undermines the cruelty of the ghastly crime that was committed.