Omkar Dattatray
The nation had seen and was rocked by the Most infamous case of rape and throwing away of a young female medico from the running vehicle in Delhi which led to serious injuries to the innocent girl who during treatment in a Singapur hospital succumbed to injuries .The gang rape of a young medico by the savages some twelve years before in 2012 December in the national capital Delhi recently the unfortunate case of a doctor trainee at a government hospital in CulKata who was raped and then killed in most brut manner and to now most heinous crime of the sexual assault on the two small girls -of merely and barely of three/four years of age by savages who stooped so low and committed the barbaric and heinous crime at which our heads hang in shame .In all the three cases the savagery of man was in full swing and all the three sexual crimes were savagery in full and these show that brute in man has manifested and shamed the humanity .These sexual crimes have no place in the country called Bharat where on one hand people worship feminine power in the form of Ma Shakti during Navratras twice in a year .Thus on one hand we worship Shakti ,but on the other hand we commit serious and heinous crimes against the girls and womenfolk. Thus it seems that we are hypocrites and have no respect towards Shakti ,nor towards women flock .We boast to be the progeny of Ram ,Krishan ,Buddha& Rahim ,but at the same time feel no remorse in committing rape and murder of the girls and women to satiate their sexual lust and thus humans as brutes indulge in heinous crimes of sexual assault and exploitation unheard in the good olden days .We cannot claim to be modern ,cultured and civilized and in fact we are back to stone age because of our dubious conduct .From the unfortunate case of Nirbhaya ,nothing has changed .This case took more than eight years to punish those accused of gang rape .Four of the accused had been hanged ,one committed suicide and another was set free being juvenile. There is need for swiftness in pronouncing the punishment to those found involved in rape and murder of the girls and women in the country. The government should view rape cum murder cases very seriously .It is unfortunate that nothing has changed since the Nirbhaya case and at that time people protested and demonstrated for giving justice to the innocent victim of gang rape and consequent death because of throwing her from a moving bus later she died while treatment in a hospital in a foreign land .The country had made some amendments in criminal laws so far as the crime of rape and murder is concerned .Today ,the government is armed with the amended law and there is urgent need to enforce and implement the criminal law in this regard swiftly ,view and deal such heinous crimes seriously .It is of concern that there is no fear of law and law enforcing agencies in the minds of criminals who commit crimes of rape and murder .In the shameful and savage case of Moumita ,there is utmost and right grief ,shock ,condemnation and the doctors and general public is on roads and the protestors demand no less than capital punishment to those accused in the case .The police action is slow and SC has raised serious questions on the conduct and role of Kolkata police and has also made serious observations on west Bengal government & CM Mamata Banerjee .The shock ,outpouring of grief and ,anger ,in the Nirbahaya -2 case is similar and more intense to the grief and condemnation some 12 years before over shocking incident of the gang rape of a medical student in Delhi and her subsequent death due to throwing her from the moving vehicle later on during her treatment .In the case of Nirbhaya -2,the medical fraternity across the country is on protest and there is right grief and condemnation of the heinous crime committed on a young medico in the hospital itself raises questions of safety of doctors ,nurses and other female staff in the hospitals across the country .Fool proof security and protection should be provided in the hospitals throughout the country so that such barbaric crimes do not happen again .But it is more easier said than done. After continuous strike of 11 days against the rape cum murder of a resident doctor trainee in a hospital of Kolkata on August 9,2024 , and the strike in Delhi AIIMS ,and RML Hospital was called off in response to the Supreme Courts appeal to doctors to resume duties in the interest of ailing people .The doctors of PGI hospital at Chandigrah have also called off their strike and the doctors fraternity said that they are giving time to government ,CBI and SC to investigate and punish the culprits swiftly .
However Kolkata doctors are continuing their strike against the rape cum murder and had pressed the government to arrest all those involve in rape cum murder case of a trainee female doctor.CBI is investigating the case and will give report to SC and government after completing the probe .The top Ccourt has said the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal has ‘shocked the conscience’ of the nation & criticized the authorities for their handling of the investigations .Chief Justice ordered the setting up of a National Task Force -NTF to recommend safety protocols for healthcare professionals at workplaces .
Hardly has the dust and din of the KolKata incident settled down & nation recovered from shock and grief ,an unprecedented and very shocking incident of sexual molestation of two teen age small girls of three/,four years of age in a school in Badlapur in Maharashtra took place which has shocked the nation as the crime is most heinous ,hair raising and ones shivers go down the spine on hearing such a barbarity on so small girls by the sweeper of the school .People of Badlapur in Thane district are shocked and they were grieving over the most barbaric incident of sexual abuse of two teenage girls in a school in Badlapur village of Maharashtra. .Parents ,relatives and the general people of Thane district protested in Thane district over the alleged sexual assault of two four year school girls by a cleaning staff member and the delay in police action .,bringing Mumbai local train services on the Central Line to a complete halt for 10 hours on Tuesday .As per the complaint ,the accused sexually abused the girls in the toilet of the school .The school management has suspended the school principal ,a class teacher ,and a female attendant over the incident. The accused was arrested on August 17.The unfortunate and shocking incident took place between August 13 and 16 and the parents filed the complaint on August 18. The accused was arrested and a speedy judicial trail should be conducted and capital punishment pronounced to the accused so that justice is ensured to the victims and a sense of fear of law is created among the people indulging in such inhuman crimes against man and God .
It is pertinent to note that many sexual assaults and abuses ,exploitation take place in the cities and villages which remain unreported because the victim or their parents do not complain for fear of social stigma .In brief such barbaric incidents should not take place in the country and for that it is all the more necessary to instill fear of law and law enforcing agencies.
(The author is a columnist, social and KP activist).
