Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Jan 2, 2013: Dalit alleges gangrape, no action taken so far

By , TNN | Jan 2, 2013, 06.02 AM IST
AJMER: A 38-year-old dalit woman of Dholadata village of Masuda block was allegedly gangraped by the people of another community here on December 25, 2012. However, her complaint has not been registered so far despite the fact that the woman was also admitted to a hospital after the incident.

The victim alleged that prior to the gangrape incident too, she had been raped repeatedly by one Ajeet of the same village after she lost her husband in November 2010. In August last year she also wrote to the chief minister for justice. The woman on Tuesday came to Ajmer with some of her relatives and alleged that she had approached every police official but there was no help. Finally she registered her complaint with the Dalit Rights Centre.

The woman who has five small children to look after cultivates a piece of land in the village. According to her on December 25 she got to know that Ajeet, Sayar, Mehfaaj, Samma, Anil, Dariyav, Mishri and some others had encroached upon her piece of land. "When I went to them to ask for my land, they first made fun of me and then raped me. They were all laughing at me," said the victim in her affidavit.

She further stated that when her younger sister came to her help she was beaten up badly by the group. "My younger sister went to the village and asked the Bhambhi community (to which the victim belongs) to help me. Ramdev, Narayan, Puhkraj, Mahendra and a few others rushed to the spot where the accused beat them too with sticks," said the victim.

The victim who had injury marks as well showed the letters written by her to chief minister, district collector and superintendent of police of Ajmer and alleged that no investigation was initiated in this matter. She also alleged that when members of her community took her to police station to register a complaint the police did not file a report.
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