TNN | Jun 5, 2014, 09.19 AM Kanika Sharma|: Bhopal: Social activists have lodged a fresh complaint with National Human Rights Commission and National Women Commission (NWC) over police bid to hush up alleged gang-rape of disabled minor girl in Chhindwara district. The 15-year-old tribal was allegedly gang-raped on April 13. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Police-bid-to-hush-up-disabled-minors-gang-rape-Activists/articleshow/36091758.cms "An unknown person, who came on a motorbike, dropped her home. Her clothes were different. She pointed to her private parts and started crying," said her mother in the FIR registered on April 15.
"The survivor is not as disabled as police are trying to portray. She was raped by four people. Police are going by medical report which said she had 'old tear' (of hymen)," said Aradhana Bhargava, senior lawyer in the district. While doctors allegedly subjected the survivor to outlawed two-finger test, police also violated the law by asking her to visit the police station for recording statements. "She is a minor and as per rules police should have gone to her house," the lawyer said. There was no evidence of an attempt at forceful intercourse, police said. Chhindwara SP P Sharma denied allegations and said the family was not cooperating in investigations. "She is a disabled girl and is not able to identify the accused," he told Times of India. Chindwara-based social activist Kanika Sharma said, "Even after more than one and half months since the incident neither justice nor any kind of help has reached the survivor. There could not have been a worse mockery of her disability." "It was her mother, who realized that she was raped after seeing her changed clothes and physical condition. Even after two weeks of FIR, the survivor's statement was not taken. The police kept waiting for experts to come," said Kanika, who had decided to take the matter to a logical conclusion. When sign language experts came on April 28 and statements were to be recorded in front of the judge, mother claimed question asked in the court scared her daughter. -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
