This happened in 1992. The rapists were Gujjars, the affluent and dominant caste group in their village in Rajasthan. The survivors, Bhanwari Devi and her husband, were from the low-caste potter community, Kumhar.
The five rapists took turns to rape her, in presence of her husband: all this because she had tried to prevent the wedding of a nine months old girl child, a few days ago. Does this sound like a gangrape which took place because of the supply-demand problem of sex? Does this sound like a crime driven by “sexual desire”? It was clearly vengeance, anger, frustration and an attempt of intimidation. When she went public with her complaint, she was accused of lying. Her attackers denied rape and said there had only been a quarrel.The couple were ostracised by the villagers who refused to sell them milk or buy their clay pots. Even their families boycotted them. Though she managed to get to the court, things started going downhill over the course of the trial, judges were inexplicably changed five times and eventually the accused were acquitted of rape – instead, they were found guilty of lesser offences like assault and conspiracy and were all given just nine months in jail. Some of the “bizarre reasons” the judge gave while clearing the accused of rape:
1. The village head cannot rape
2. Men of different castes cannot participate in gang rape
3. Elder men of 60-70 years cannot rape
4. A man cannot rape in front of a relative – this was with reference to two of the men, an uncle and nephew
5. A member of the higher caste cannot rape a lower caste women because of reasons of purity
6. Bhanwari Devi’s husband couldn’t have quietly watched his wife being gang-raped
They still continue to live in the same village as their rapists. When asked if they feel afraid because of this, they answer “What is there to fear? They can kill us only once.”
The above 6-points verdict is passed by a judge. Just read it again it fills your stomach with disgust, if this is not enough i am listing all the ignorant comments made by some ignorant fools who we call politicians about Rape…
Read this disgusting statements below:
1)Ranjeet Bahadur Srivastava – BJP leader, Barabanki
2)Surendra Singh – UP BJP MLA
3)Mamata Banerjee – Chief Minister, West Bengal
4)Babulal Gaur – Madhya Pradesh, Home Minister
5)Mohan Bhagwat – RSS Chief
6)Markandey Katju – Ex-Supreme Court Judge
7)Sube Singh Samain – Spokesman, Sarva Khap Jat Panchayat
8)Dharamvir – Congress Leader
9)Asha Mirje – Maharashtra State Women’s Commission member
10)Manohar Lal Khattar – Chief Minister of Haryana