Surekha, a 11th Standard student, was first gang-raped by four upper-caste Maratha men she knew, including her boyfriend of two years. And then she was brutalised by four labourers from the Bhil tribe who had witnessed her ordeal. All eight have been arrested and charged with rape and violation of The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Surekha’s 19-year-old boyfriend Umesh Kangude did not want to marry her. To stop her from pestering him, he planned the rape with three of his friends. He even filmed Surekha’s nightmare on his cell phone. A group of labourers passing by happened to witness the crime. To get them to keep quiet, Umesh and his friends suggested they also rape the girl, the police said. The labourers went ahead and Umesh filmed this too. Umesh and one of his friends then dropped her back home and gave her painkillers to ensure that she wouldn’t go to a doctor, Mr. Gavali said. Umesh and his friends, all of whom are school dropouts, threatened to make the video public if Surekha went to the police. “I was scared. I didn’t know what to do,” she said. It was only after the police counselled her that she agreed to file a complaint.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:45:10 +0000
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