Mamata Banerjee losing control of law and order situation in West Bengal.
AB Wire
NEW DELHI: In a shocking case that has shook the conscience of the nation once again, a 71-year-old nun was gang raped in retaliation for resisting a gang of thieves in West Bengal on Saturday.
According to P.B. Salim, chief administrator of the West Bengal state’s Nadia district, a group of seven to eight men stormed a Christian school in the hours leading up to daybreak. When the elderly Sister Superior raised an alarm, the thieves exacted punishment by raping her.
The men subsequently tied her up along with two other nuns and the building guard. The robbers then made off with cash worth a few hundred thousand rupees (thousands of dollars), laptops and other articles, Salim told CNN.
“Physically, she is better. But the mental trauma will take its own time to heal,” he continued.
So far, 10 suspects have been detained in connection with the brutal assault.
Meanwhile, earlier today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy was blocked by protesters when she visited the hospital where the nun is recovering from her terrible ordeal.
“No matter where the culprits are, strongest action will be taken against them. We are fully committed to that (action against the culprits),” Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ before leaving for Ranaghat to visit the victim.
The state of West Bengal has seen several brutal rape cases in the recent past that hound the news headlines, and the perception is that the administration has been not been able to cope with the law and order situation.
A rising number of high profile rape cases have dominated headlines in India for a number of years, causing throngs of concerned protestors to take to the streets and demand higher standards.
Indian lawmakers have introduced tougher laws and punishments for sexual crimes, but despite such measures, the nation continues to see regular episodes of sexual violence.
According to official data rape cases have jumped almost 875% over the past 40 years — from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011. Even so, sexual assaults remain underreported because of stigma and cultural factors.
“Clearly, rape is nothing new,” says Madhu Kishwar, a pioneering feminist and academic who founded Manushi, a journal on women’s issues, more than 40 years ago. “What’s new is the increased brutalization of the rape victims. It’s an epidemic of brutality.”
Violence against Christians has particularly escalated as well, with the scope of religious crimes growing daily across the subcontinent.
Just yesterday, at least 14 people were killed and at least 70 more wounded when suicide bombers targeted two churches in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. A faction of the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks shortly afterward.
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Christians need to tone down their conversion of others,which is annoying the majority Hindus who are now fighting for ban on conversions.Christians are translating the bible into all Indian languages,broadcasting and going overhead.They have even tried to convert Sikhs to their faith and this has led to a clash in Bangalore when the rites of a dead Sikh were to be performed.
The political class has no regard for women and they make foolish statements which increase the insecurity of women,many of the supporters of the politicians get away with their crimes.Unless a few are hanged or castrated for their crime,things won’t change.
Question: how come the two younger nuns were not raped, but only tied up.
Story does not make sense!