The Trinamul protest outside the Englishbazar police station. Surajit Roy *Feb. 20:* A 30-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped and almost left for dead inside a Hume pipe in Balurghat, a stone’s throw from the Chakbhrigu police outpost.
More than 100km away, a college girl was beaten up and dumped on the roadside last night in Malda allegedly by her boyfriend whom she had stopped seeing. In Malda, students took to the streets to protest the Englishbazar police’s alleged refusal to accept a complaint against Sabbir Ali by the girl’s father early this morning. The complaint was filed after SFI leaders accompanied the father to the police station later in the day. Both the incidents have again police reluctance to act quickly: a matter that has come under the scanner since five uniformed constables refused to respond to a sister’s cry for help in Barasat when a group of drunks pounced on the siblings and beat the brother to death on Monday night. “We got to know after 2am that our daughter was spotted unconscious on NH34 at Mangalbari. We first rushed to the district hospital, where local people had admitted her. At the Englishbazar police station, the officer on duty said he wanted to see the victim. He was unmoved even when we said she was in hospital,” the father alleged. The girl said she knew Sabbir but had started avoiding him after coming to know about his alleged criminal activities. “Yesterday, he forced me into the car on the deserted road. When he asked me to sign on a marriage registration form and I refused, he beat me up. He gagged me and tied my hands up with handkerchiefs,” she said from the hospital bed. Malda police chief Bhuban Mondal said the girl’s parents had at first refused to file a written complaint. He said Sabbir was missing from his Bagmari home. In Balurghat, Rabi Dey, one of the two accused of raping the mentally challenged woman, was caught by the local people and beaten up before he was handed over to the police. The other accused, Mano Mahato, fled. RSP leader Uttam Mahanto said: “The police have learnt no lesson from what had happened at Barasat.” The inspector in charge of the Balurghat police station Shantanu Koyar denied the charges of apathy levelled against his force. “The policemen were on patrol elsewhere. It is an isolated incident.” http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110221/jsp/siliguri/story_13610929.jsp# -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
