Re: [AI] Blind rape victim travels 45kms to file complaint
Vamshi, Sadly the law doesn't allow harsher punishments than sacking to those policemen who refuse to write reports. In most cases, when reported or highlighted, the officer is suspended pending inquiry and when the dust settles, reinstated quietly with lighter punishments. The attitude of policemen and society in general to take sexual harassment and assault cases against women lightly doesn't allow proper investigations to happen with the required seriousness. And when the survivor or complainant is from a marginalised community or poor, it is most certain that policemen tend to turn them away or press for compromise between the parties as if it was just an ordinary matter of financial transaction! This is most likely to happen if the incident has happened in a rural area! The sexual violence against women must receive the seriousness it deserves if we want a safe and caring society for all. Regards Subhash Chandra Vashishth Advocate Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com Sender: AccessIndia accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:03:21 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.accessindia@accessindia.org.in Reply-To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Blind rape victim travels 45kms to file complaint Dear Avinash, Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. As mentioned by Sonia Singh, do you also opine that Rajendra Singh should be sacked only, and only if he fails to nab the accused? I think strict action should be initiated against him for refusing to lodge the complaint, given the physical and mental condition of a blind woman in traveling that far to complain. On 7/13/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bareilly/Blind-rape-victim-travels-45kms-to-file-complaint/articleshow/38272089.cms PILIBHIT: A blind woman arrived at the district police headquarters on Saturday and met SP Sonia Singh with a complaint that policemen in her village refused to register her complaint that her husband's friend had raped her on July 3. The woman had approached Bisalpur Kotwali police station. Her village, Nabadia Shivpuria of Pilibhit district, fell under its jurisdiction. She found, however, that the police, instead of registering her complaint, only reproved her. In her complaint, the woman said her husband was away attending a satsang in the village at the time of the attack. Finding her alone, her husband's friend gagged and raped her, she said. She identified the rapist by his voice, and named him in her complaint as Than Singh, a resident of Bhuria village. SP Sonia Singh issued a stern warning to the inspector of Bisalpur police station, Rajendra Singh, and instructed him to lodge an FIR in the matter immediately. She also told him to nab the accused in 24 hours. Sonia Singh, impressed that despite being visually impaired the woman had travelled 45 km from her village to register her complaint, told TOI she would ensure that strict action was taken against inspector Rajendra Singh for failing to come to the aid of the blind woman if he failed to arrest the accused in 24 hours. -- 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.. -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org From darkness unto light 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
Re: [AI] Blind rape victim travels 45kms to file complaint
Dear Avinash, if possible, kindly keep us updated on this issue On 7/13/14, subhashvashis...@gmail.com subhashvashis...@gmail.com wrote: Vamshi, Sadly the law doesn't allow harsher punishments than sacking to those policemen who refuse to write reports. In most cases, when reported or highlighted, the officer is suspended pending inquiry and when the dust settles, reinstated quietly with lighter punishments. The attitude of policemen and society in general to take sexual harassment and assault cases against women lightly doesn't allow proper investigations to happen with the required seriousness. And when the survivor or complainant is from a marginalised community or poor, it is most certain that policemen tend to turn them away or press for compromise between the parties as if it was just an ordinary matter of financial transaction! This is most likely to happen if the incident has happened in a rural area! The sexual violence against women must receive the seriousness it deserves if we want a safe and caring society for all. Regards Subhash Chandra Vashishth Advocate Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com Sender: AccessIndia accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:03:21 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.accessindia@accessindia.org.in Reply-To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Blind rape victim travels 45kms to file complaint Dear Avinash, Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. As mentioned by Sonia Singh, do you also opine that Rajendra Singh should be sacked only, and only if he fails to nab the accused? I think strict action should be initiated against him for refusing to lodge the complaint, given the physical and mental condition of a blind woman in traveling that far to complain. On 7/13/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bareilly/Blind-rape-victim-travels-45kms-to-file-complaint/articleshow/38272089.cms PILIBHIT: A blind woman arrived at the district police headquarters on Saturday and met SP Sonia Singh with a complaint that policemen in her village refused to register her complaint that her husband's friend had raped her on July 3. The woman had approached Bisalpur Kotwali police station. Her village, Nabadia Shivpuria of Pilibhit district, fell under its jurisdiction. She found, however, that the police, instead of registering her complaint, only reproved her. In her complaint, the woman said her husband was away attending a satsang in the village at the time of the attack. Finding her alone, her husband's friend gagged and raped her, she said. She identified the rapist by his voice, and named him in her complaint as Than Singh, a resident of Bhuria village. SP Sonia Singh issued a stern warning to the inspector of Bisalpur police station, Rajendra Singh, and instructed him to lodge an FIR in the matter immediately. She also told him to nab the accused in 24 hours. Sonia Singh, impressed that despite being visually impaired the woman had travelled 45 km from her village to register her complaint, told TOI she would ensure that strict action was taken against inspector Rajendra Singh for failing to come to the aid of the blind woman if he failed to arrest the accused in 24 hours. -- 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.. -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org From darkness unto light 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
Re: [AI] Blind rape victim travels 45kms to file complaint
Dear Vashisht sir, The district SP, as being quoted in the article, was talking about sacking the inspector only if he doesn't nab the accused. This meant there wouldn't be any sacking if he nabs the accused. More importantly, the article doesn't speak any action against the inspector for his refusal to lodge the complaint. So, whatever little the law has for such negligent public authorities hasn't been invoked even in a case as terrible as this. On 7/13/14, Avichal Bhatnagar coolavic...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Avinash, if possible, kindly keep us updated on this issue On 7/13/14, subhashvashis...@gmail.com subhashvashis...@gmail.com wrote: Vamshi, Sadly the law doesn't allow harsher punishments than sacking to those policemen who refuse to write reports. In most cases, when reported or highlighted, the officer is suspended pending inquiry and when the dust settles, reinstated quietly with lighter punishments. The attitude of policemen and society in general to take sexual harassment and assault cases against women lightly doesn't allow proper investigations to happen with the required seriousness. And when the survivor or complainant is from a marginalised community or poor, it is most certain that policemen tend to turn them away or press for compromise between the parties as if it was just an ordinary matter of financial transaction! This is most likely to happen if the incident has happened in a rural area! The sexual violence against women must receive the seriousness it deserves if we want a safe and caring society for all. Regards Subhash Chandra Vashishth Advocate Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com Sender: AccessIndia accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:03:21 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.accessindia@accessindia.org.in Reply-To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Blind rape victim travels 45kms to file complaint Dear Avinash, Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. As mentioned by Sonia Singh, do you also opine that Rajendra Singh should be sacked only, and only if he fails to nab the accused? I think strict action should be initiated against him for refusing to lodge the complaint, given the physical and mental condition of a blind woman in traveling that far to complain. On 7/13/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bareilly/Blind-rape-victim-travels-45kms-to-file-complaint/articleshow/38272089.cms PILIBHIT: A blind woman arrived at the district police headquarters on Saturday and met SP Sonia Singh with a complaint that policemen in her village refused to register her complaint that her husband's friend had raped her on July 3. The woman had approached Bisalpur Kotwali police station. Her village, Nabadia Shivpuria of Pilibhit district, fell under its jurisdiction. She found, however, that the police, instead of registering her complaint, only reproved her. In her complaint, the woman said her husband was away attending a satsang in the village at the time of the attack. Finding her alone, her husband's friend gagged and raped her, she said. She identified the rapist by his voice, and named him in her complaint as Than Singh, a resident of Bhuria village. SP Sonia Singh issued a stern warning to the inspector of Bisalpur police station, Rajendra Singh, and instructed him to lodge an FIR in the matter immediately. She also told him to nab the accused in 24 hours. Sonia Singh, impressed that despite being visually impaired the woman had travelled 45 km from her village to register her complaint, told TOI she would ensure that strict action was taken against inspector Rajendra Singh for failing to come to the aid of the blind woman if he failed to arrest the accused in 24 hours. -- 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
Re: [AI] Blind rape victim travels 45kms to file complaint
Vamshi sir What is more important in this case is that SP a woman as name suggests 'Sonia'. So she could identify herself with that blind lady. If SP would have been Man, probably he wouldn't have given such warning to a lower officer. So above case is an indicative of the urgent need which calls for police reforms and suggests, rape cases should be handled by women and men equally... On 7/13/14, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Avinash, Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. As mentioned by Sonia Singh, do you also opine that Rajendra Singh should be sacked only, and only if he fails to nab the accused? I think strict action should be initiated against him for refusing to lodge the complaint, given the physical and mental condition of a blind woman in traveling that far to complain. On 7/13/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Rajendra Singh should be sacked if he fails to knab the culprit. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bareilly/Blind-rape-victim-travels-45kms-to-file-complaint/articleshow/38272089.cms PILIBHIT: A blind woman arrived at the district police headquarters on Saturday and met SP Sonia Singh with a complaint that policemen in her village refused to register her complaint that her husband's friend had raped her on July 3. The woman had approached Bisalpur Kotwali police station. Her village, Nabadia Shivpuria of Pilibhit district, fell under its jurisdiction. She found, however, that the police, instead of registering her complaint, only reproved her. In her complaint, the woman said her husband was away attending a satsang in the village at the time of the attack. Finding her alone, her husband's friend gagged and raped her, she said. She identified the rapist by his voice, and named him in her complaint as Than Singh, a resident of Bhuria village. SP Sonia Singh issued a stern warning to the inspector of Bisalpur police station, Rajendra Singh, and instructed him to lodge an FIR in the matter immediately. She also told him to nab the accused in 24 hours. Sonia Singh, impressed that despite being visually impaired the woman had travelled 45 km from her village to register her complaint, told TOI she would ensure that strict action was taken against inspector Rajendra Singh for failing to come to the aid of the blind woman if he failed to arrest the accused in 24 hours. -- 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.. -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org From darkness unto light 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.. -- 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
