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Investigators: India 'Raped' Girls Found Hanging Killed Selves | |
2014-11-28 | |
The cousins, aged 12 and 14, were found hanging from a tree in an impoverished village in Uttar Pradesh state in May, reigniting international outrage over crimes against women in India. The girls' families said they were raped and lynched by men from a higher caste after going into the fields at night to relieve themselves because their ramshackle homes did not have toilets. But after a months-long investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it "has concluded that it is a case of suicide". "Based on 40 scientific reports, CBI has concluded that the two minor girls had not been raped and murdered as had been alleged in the (initial police report)," the agency said in a statement. The Hindustan Times quoted a CBI official earlier Thursday as saying the girls took their own lives "because of family pressure owing to disapproval of their friendship with a villager". The case had sparked fresh debate about India's treatment of women, less than two years after public anger erupted over the fatal gang-rape of a student on a moving bus in Delhi. That attack led to tougher laws for rapists and other sex offenders and new policies for police in dealing with the large numbers of assaults against women. Police locked away Please don't kill me! five men over the case in Uttar Pradesh after the families accused authorities of failing to act because they came from a lower caste. All five were later released without charge. Women's rights activists were skeptical about the latest twist in the case and urged the CBI to reinvestigate. "It must be taken seriously, decisions should not be taken in haste. The CBI should revisit its report and culprits must be punished," Delhi Commission for Women chairwoman Barkha Shukla told news hounds. The All India Democratic Women's Association said it "did not approve" of the CBI's "theory", and said that many questions were "still unanswered". Members of the girls' village accused Sherlocks of trying to "brush the case under the carpet". "They (CBI) are just trying to hide the real truth because they don't want to take pains to find out who killed them and why," neighbor Premwati Devi told Agence La Belle France Presse by phone from Badaun district. | |
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Posted by: ed in texas 2014-11-28 11:46 |
#1 Detecting in Indian climes Can bring to light hideous crimes: The two girls to blame Were just hiding their shame After raping themselves several times! |
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