By Pradeep Gupta, TNN | Dec 22, 2012, 03.22 AM IST
KALYAN: Two brothers molested a girl and thrashed her brother but the police only booked them under minor charges and not for assault in Kalyan (W) on Thursday night. It was only after the media raised the issue with senior officials that the police hurriedly added the assault charge.
The incident came as Thane's top cop recently suggested that women should carry chilli powder with them and use it in case of harassment or assault.
This is the eighth attack on women in Thane district this month.
The 18-year-old victim was going home to Sheetal Nagar, when Raja Rathod (19) and Vijay Rathod (20) started passing comments at Lalchowky road, opposite Sundar Nagar complex, Adharwadi. On reaching home, the girl narrated the incident to her elder brother, who went to meet the two, who are from the same area. When questioned, the two thrashed the victim's brother till some local residents intervened.
When the victim approached the Bazarpeth police station, the cops filed an FIR under Sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint.), 509 (harassment), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
The police arrested the accused from their house later that night.
Sources said the police took the matter lightly and only when the media raised the issue did they add Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt). Senior inspector R R Patil claimed that they had already registered the assault charge.
D N Shukla, a local lawyer, said, "Even though Section 323 is the normal one, by implementing it in the case as the victim's brother was beaten up, the investigators can prove the seriousness of the offence, which will help the police get maximum punishment for the accused."
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The incident came as Thane's top cop recently suggested that women should carry chilli powder with them and use it in case of harassment or assault.
This is the eighth attack on women in Thane district this month.
The 18-year-old victim was going home to Sheetal Nagar, when Raja Rathod (19) and Vijay Rathod (20) started passing comments at Lalchowky road, opposite Sundar Nagar complex, Adharwadi. On reaching home, the girl narrated the incident to her elder brother, who went to meet the two, who are from the same area. When questioned, the two thrashed the victim's brother till some local residents intervened.
When the victim approached the Bazarpeth police station, the cops filed an FIR under Sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint.), 509 (harassment), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
The police arrested the accused from their house later that night.
Sources said the police took the matter lightly and only when the media raised the issue did they add Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt). Senior inspector R R Patil claimed that they had already registered the assault charge.
D N Shukla, a local lawyer, said, "Even though Section 323 is the normal one, by implementing it in the case as the victim's brother was beaten up, the investigators can prove the seriousness of the offence, which will help the police get maximum punishment for the accused."
Link: 2 brothers molest girl in Kalyan, arrested
I guess it has been a very busy month for you with the events in Delhi, Manipur http://ibnlive.in.com/news/manipuri-actress-molested-artistes-call-for-bandh/311871-3-225.html and other places.
ReplyDeleteHere, though, is one story of a possible hope and solution http://in.news.yahoo.com/boy-started-fb-fire-000000247.html
It's been nothing less than a heartache and lot of introspection for where the country, it's politics and people are heading!
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