Sometime, scribbling remonstrance to express reproach against
even the ghastliest incident is much harder than one can think. A melange of
grief, pain and abhorrence created a veil on my inner feeling, so much so, that
whenever I tried to pen down my thoughts against the Kathua rape and murder, all
of my emotions got jumbled up & disarrayed me completely. Even the word
barbaric will get ashamed of the act of those creatures (I am consciously using
the word ‘creature’ instead of human), who have done such diabolical act. Atrocities
against girl child and women are serious cause of concern for our society, but
the most alarming fact is the increasing brutality which is getting associated
with these kinds of incidents.
2012 Delhi ‘Nirbhaya’ incident shock the nation with its
nature of brutality, where even a juvenile was part of the crime. The convicts
got their due punishment and the laws were made more stringent to keep leash on
such incidents, but record reveals that things are not getting
ameliorated.
Post ‘Nirbhaya’ incident, there are cases which hit
nationwide attention due to their brutal nature, such as Shakti Mill gang rape
(Mumbai, 2013), Uttar Pradesh gang rape (2014) where two girls of aged 14 & 16 were raped and murdered, Ranaghat, West Bengal gang rape (2015) where
a 71 year old nun did not get respite and she was brutally murdered after rape
and in 2016, Delta Meghawal, a 17 year old dalit girl, who found
raped & murdered in her hostel at Bikaner. Having said that, the actual gross
number of rape cases during this period is disturbingly higher and according to
reports the number of rape cases which does not get recorded is even higher.
Kathua gruesome incident is once again showing us that no
matter how India is progressing towards digitisation, we are still in the
primeval age. A minor of merely 8 years, a flower waiting for blooming has been
pulverized. A child who should have been flying around the beautiful Kashmir
valley has been crushed with utter ruthlessness. It gives even more pain when
we learn, that those responsible for the girls fate, took the veil of religion against
her to fulfil their heinous motive.
No matter how vehemently we protest or show solidarity to the
bereaved family, the girl cannot be brought back. But that should not stop us
from doing our deeds for seeking justice for the girl & her bereaved family
while perpetrators’ get punished as per law of the land. After lot of dawdle, local administration has
started investigating the incident.
However, with utter dismay we have witnessed that a part of
the administration is backing and supporting the perpetrators and trying to
concoct misleading stories to suppress the truth and trivialize it. Protests and processions against the victim
& her family being orchestrate shamelessly. Making the whole issue even worse, a section
of people backed by a certain political party has also tried to communalise the
whole issue and presented to the world. As a responsible citizen we feel aghast &
ashamed that in our so called ‘DIGITAL INDIA’, when we brag about India’s
progress towards pinnacle, how despicably a section of our fellow citizens and
statesmen are acting on an issue which demands unequivocal solidarity to the victim
and her family.
Thankfully, good sense is prevailing and we expect judiciary
to act stringently in order to setting exemplary punishment and instil fear for
any future contemplation of such crime.
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