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AIMPLB Says Imranaâs Rape Never Took Place
 In a bizarre development in the alleged rape of 32 years old Muslim woman Imrana by her father-in-law, a fact-finding team of the All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) which went to Muzaffarnagar to probe the incident, reported that the alleged rape never took place.
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The surprising revelation of the AIMPLB team raises a valid question of whether the alleged rape was faked by Imrana and the reason for her doing so. The answer to this question appears to be in the affirmative, if the report is to be believed. According to team leader Qasim Rasool Ilyas, the incident was due to a fallout over a property dispute. The father-in-law Ali Ahmed was in heavy debt and wanted to sell his property, which was opposed by Imrana and her husband Noor Elahi, a rickshaw puller. Ilyas who recorded the statement of Imrana and others, said that based on the circumstantial evidence collected by the team from the place of the incident and the statements of Imranaâs family members and neighbors, it does not appear that she was raped by her father-in-law and also her claim has not been corroborated by others, as such the veracity of her statement was doubtful. Further Imranaâs claim that she was gagged by her father-in-law before the rape does not hold water as it is not possible for the rape to have taken place in view of the condition of her one room small house which had little privacy, Ilyas said.
Posted by: Fred 2005-07-04 |
