22-year-old Dalit girl stripped, beaten up in Sewri
Dayanand Kamath / DNA
Thursday, June 24, 2010 0:11 IST
Mumbai: One would be hard-pressed to imagine that Khap-like revenge
justice exists in a progressive city like Mumbai. Unfortunately, it
does, and its brutality is disturbing.
On June 17, a 22-year-old unmarried Dalit girl was stripped and lashed
in Sewri because her brother had raped a minor the day before. This,
despite the brother already being booked and arrested for the crime.
Two men and 10 women have been arrested for the assault.
The incident took place on June 17 evening at Dargha Street in the
Darukhana area of Sewri. A group of local residents barged into the
house of a Dalit woman with lathis and caught hold of Asha, 22 (name
changed to protect identity). They stripped her tried to drag her out
of the house, but when they couldn't succeed, they beat the girl and
her mother up, and ransacked the house.
The Sewri police reached the spot after neighbours alerted them and
arrested the avenging mob. "We have arrested the 12 for unlawful
assembly, rioting, outraging the modesty of a woman, criminal
trespass, breach of peace and also under the Prevention of Atrocities
Act," said a police office of Sewri police station.
The last charge is crucial as it is only applied in cases involving
the scheduled castes. The accused have been remanded in judicial
custody till June 24 by the Bhoiwada metropolitan magistrate's court.
A day before the incident, Asha's elder brother, Vijay Kamble, 34, was
arrested by the Sewri police for abducting and raping a five-year-old
girl. He was remanded in police custody till June 24.
Police said that the minor, daughter of one Bhalchandra Saini, had
gone to buy sweets from a nearby shop at around 6pm, but did not
return for an hour. When the worried parents and neighbours started
looking for her, she was found crying and shivering under a tree along
the road, some 500 metres from her
home. Her frock was soaked with blood.
The parents took her to the police station after which she was rushed
to JJ Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment. JJ doctors have
confirmed that the girl was raped.
During investigation, a local resident told the police that the girl
was last seen with Kamble, who works as a building watchman and
resides in the same area as the victim. The minor identified Kamble
during a parade, police added.
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