Even as the December 16 and Shakti Mills incidents are fresh in the memory, two incidents of alleged rape have shaken the Information Technology city Bangalore which has been known for its peace and tranquility.
The case of brutal rape of a six-year-old girl in an upmarket school in Bangalore East and an incident of rape of a young woman three days back has sent shock waves and questions are being raised about safety of women in Bangalore.These incidents are a blot on the ruling Congress Government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and major Opposition BJP has demanded the resignation of Home Minister KG George.
In fact, apart from massive protests in the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Assembly, parents and public held massive protests on Thursday against the school authorities. According to police sources a six-year-old girl child was allegedly raped by a gym instructor and a security guard on July 2. The incident came to the notice of the parents just a few days back after she complained of stomachache and was taken to the hospital.
The Bangalore city police have filed an FIR and investigations are on. Police have also detained three staff members in this regard.This is the latest incident of rape since the 2012 gang-rape in a Delhi bus. In fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised zero tolerance against crimes on women.This is the second incident during this month that has raised questions about the safety of children in schools in one of India’s most cosmopolitan cities. last week, another six-year-old girl was picked up from school by her own aunt who later murdered her over a family dispute.
In another incident of rape of a college student a few days back in Bangalore inside a car which witnessed uproar in the Assembly has brought shame and questions have been raised against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s handling of the situation.
In fact, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and raped by the son of a BSP leader in a car in presence of her friend in an upmarket pocket of Fraser Town in Bangalore on Friday night. While Naseer Hyder, 23, has been arrested, his four friends who aided him in the crime are on the run. But Home Minister Geroge made a statement in the Assembly on Thursday and said the police have arrested two of the accused in the case.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said Government was not shielding anybody and the guilty would be arrested in connection with alleged abduction and rape of a 22-year-old woman in a car in Bangalore.He said in the Assembly, “We are not protecting anybody. We will arrest and take action against the accused without seeing who they are.” He was replying to a BJP member’s allegation that the Government was protecting an accused, already arrested, as he was a Minister’s relative and son of a political leader.
Karnataka Government has filed an FIR against Pulakeshi Nagar Inspector for delay in filing FIR against a rape accused who abducted and raped a post graduate student in Frazer Town on Wednesday night.The Inspector Mohammed Rafiq was kept under suspension, following an inquiry for dereliction of duty and on Thursday, the government booked an FIR under section 166A in the same police station.
A special team formed to trace the remaining accused, managed to nab two of them. The police also sought custody of prime accused Hyder Nasir who has been arrested with the help of the victims’ friend and remanded to judicial custody.
Siddaramaiah makes a statement in the House: He brushed aside allegations of BJP members that the inspector deliberately made the case weak by not invoking stringent sections under the IPC against the accused. Raising the issue, former Speaker K G Bopaiah (BJP) alleged that the government was protecting the accused.
In her police complaint, the woman has said that she was sitting with a male friend in his car in front of her apartment complex when the four men attacked them. The men drove the woman and her friend around the city in the car. One of the men sexually assaulted her, silencing her friend at knife-point.