It is true that the police registered a case and that is quite good. Let us hope that at a later stage the offenders will not ask for the sympathies of the politicians and a section of the civil society by saying like "it all happened due to their bad behaviours". The things that had happened to Chithralekha(Kerala) have many things in common with this incident! I'm afraid there will surely be some concerted efforts to dilute the case so that the culprit might escape this gruesome "crime of consensus"!
[Please see the file which I'm going to upload: A version of the Wadala(Mumbai) incident that appeared in the Hindi paper Janta Ka Avaz, 26-06-2010]. Best, Venu. On Jun 27, 2:51 pm, Sukla Sen <sukla....@gmail.com> wrote: > It's actually not "few women". It appears to go well beyond that. Women, > running a sort of water mafia, committing atrocities against women, of > course with their men duly in aiding and assisting. Apart from caste > dimensions, it has also ethnic/linguistic dimensions. > > The saving grace is that the victims have been provided police protection. > Attackers arrested. > > Sukla > > http://www.thehindu.com/news/article487516.ece > > <http://www.thehindu.com/news/article487516.ece>Dalit woman stripped, beaten > up in Mumbai slumSTAFF REPORTER > > MUMBAI, June 27, 2010 > > Rape of a minor girl triggered the attack > > ‘Neech jaat' (low caste) was a word Kavita (name changed) kept hearing when > she was being stripped and beaten up. “They beat me with bamboo sticks. I > kept saying ‘no.' They ripped off my gown, pulled my hair and dragged me out > of the house to a nearby shop. Many were filming the act on mobile phones. > In Hindi, they kept saying, ‘*neech jaat* [low caste], come, take your > turn.' Men were beating me too,” Kavita told *The Hindu* on Saturday. > > From a polythene bag, Kavita's mother fished out a clump of hair plucked > from the woman's head. > > The shocking incident took place last week in a Mumbai slum, where a group > of upper caste women assaulted the 22-year-old Scheduled Caste woman. A case > under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act > (POA) has been registered at the Sewree police station. The police have > arrested 10 women and two men. > > The arrest of Kavita's brother in a case of the rape of a minor girl > triggered the assault. However, deep-seated caste hatred towards the family > runs a long way back. There are two water pumps in the locality. “The main > reasons are water and house. Ours is the only Dalit Marathi family in this > area, and they want to oust us from here,” said her mother. > > “It all began in 2007 when a water pump was sunk here. Sharda Yadav and > Mumtaz [residents, now under arrest] would routinely demand money for the > water supply. It's a community pump. We refused to pay up. I would fight > against these illegal practices all the time. I have complained to the > police several times about it. The women would say, ‘These people have > gotten too big for their boots. Sticks should be shoved inside them.' They > have used such abusive words that I cannot even utter them,” she said with > difficulty. > > “The rape case was just a pretext. Owing to the fights over water, there was > already much anger [against the family]. So they targeted her [Kavita]. Her > mother was also beaten up. The mother ran to the police, and they called the > police control room,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Dilip Waghmare told* > TheHindu* on telephone. > > On the day of the incident, the victim's mother was the first to be beaten > up. “They had a meeting somewhere. All of them entered together. The whole > lane was packed with people. After I ran to the police chowky, help arrived > on time. The molesters were arrested. They were laughing even while being > taken away,” Kavita's mother said. > > In 2008, she had written to the police about the death threats her family > had received and the harassment her daughter suffered. “As my son was here, > nobody dared touch us, but when he was arrested, they saw an opportunity.” > > The family said Ms. Yadav, who led the attack, was a Shiv Sena worker, a > claim Mr. Waghmare has denied. > > None came to the rescue of Kavita, except her neighbour Sayeeda Quazi, who > put a dupatta around her. Sayeeda's statement has been recorded. > > The entire neighbourhood, meanwhile, is tight-lipped. “Something happened, > but I was on work,” said a resident. Some said they were away at their > native places, or away from home. > > “Basically women were enraged by the rape of a girl. When they went to > [Kavita's] house, her mother shot back, saying [it wasn't as if] it had > happened to them. Any woman would be enraged by that, won't she?” asked a > shopkeeper, who claimed to know nothing of the incident. > > Kavita and her mother have been given police protection. “A police guard has > been posted here. He checks on us at regular intervals,” her mother said. > On 27 June 2010 14:38, Venugopalan K M <kmvenuan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > What is shocking more than the crime itself, is reported complicity of > > the crowd which even included few women. > > > This is does not just seem to be a case of atrocity against dalits. > > > It has rather surfaced from the underbellies of a larger > > socio-political and cultural millieu > > in which institutionalization of crimes against women has come rather > > the rule, than exception. Increasing cases of 'honour killing' and > > sex-gender related cruelties point to that. > > > Recent protests and struggles by LGBT communities > > (gay,lesbian,bisexual and transgenders) in the wake of suicide of a > > high profile academic following ostracizing are a case in point. > > > Defying the norms of 'decent living' (which incidentally,are being > > pursued by all, though put in place by the upper class/caste male) is > > apparently a factor in braving the atrocities and resisting. . > > The (un)civil society is madly busy celebrating marriages and > > families; abysmally insensitive and stupid 'normal' family lives will > > most likely consider obedience to caste, religion,gender norms and > > above all an unflinching loyalty to the powers that be the factors > > that would boost the prospects of normalcy.It will never question the > > murderous wars waged by the state rather than preach non violence to > > the victims. > > Similar atrocities are always being perpetrated against women and the > > so called (un)civil society watches on and even enjoy... > > > In a narrative of DALIT POLITICS, it is by THE REST against DALITS. > > > In a narrative of COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, it is by Hindus against Muslims > > > In one of (our) FEMINISM, it is MAN against WOMEN. > > > In one of TERRORISM, it is a fitting response by the State to Terrorists > > > In PATRIOTISM, it is a matter of TEACHING THEM a LESSON > > > In HONOUR KILLING, it is about giving SEVERE WARNING to others. > > > Just see the terrible lack of sense of culpability of the onlookers, > > let alone the perpetrators; > > > Also see the terrible sense of GUILT and shame by the WRONGED, > > And their kith and kin who don't feel like talking at all. > > > Is it not possible that the same kith and kin would madly run for > > taking the lives of their adult daughters and sons showing the guts to > > offend the HONOUR of their families by opting their own choices in > > love and partnerships? > > > Where is the resistance outside expressions of tokenism, though we > > know that they also terribly matter ? > > and where are people who we expect to rise up from the slumbers and > > say that enough is enough? > > Will they ever be able to break the shackles of their parochial > > identities, to make some sense out of the social beings who we are? > > > Thanks, > > (Venu) > > > In one of > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Kamayani <kama...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear All > > > This is pathetic , eight days back a dalit woman was paraded naked in > > > Mumbai I am attaching here paper " janta ka aina " run by friend shakeel > > > ahmed. No main stream newspaper has reported it . > > > Here the SSP wadala division has clearly stated that it was a planned > > event > > > and the culprits are in police custody till 1st July. > > > We need to come together and protest . > > > Pl reply asap with suggestions and action points. > > > > kamayani > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Shakil Ahmed <shakil...@gmail.com> > > > Date: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:52 AM > > > Subject: hi > > > To: kama...@gmail.com > > > > janta ka aaina > > > > -- > > > Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal > > > +919820749204 > > > skype-lawyercumactivist > > > > "After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting > > > all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the others. When a > > > society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace > > and > > > leads it back to war.” > > > -- Maria Julia Hernandez > > > >www.otherindia.org > > >www.binayaksen.net > > >www.phm-india.org > > >www.phmovement.org > > >www.ifhhro.org > > > > -- > > > Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal > > > +919820749204 > > > skype-lawyercumactivist > > > > "After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting > > > all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the others. When a > > > society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace > > and > > > leads it back to war.” > > > -- Maria Julia Hernandez > > > >www.otherindia.org > > >www.binayaksen.net > > >www.phm-india.org > > >www.phmovement.org > > >www.ifhhro.org > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "humanrights movement" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > humanrights-movem...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<humanrights-movement%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > > > -- > > > You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot > > build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. 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