The Dalit class in India has a population of 200 million and has long been discriminated against and mistreated. The “Dalits” were considered the lowest social class under the first Indian caste system. Although the Indian government was long abolished when it became independent in 1947, but India has a vast territory, and the degree of change in this kind of thinking among the people is also very different. Unexpectedly recently, a couple of pariah sisters were deceived and sexually assaulted in the desert. After the murder, the body was even hung from a tree to create the illusion of suicide, and the case immediately sparked indignation in India.
According to Indian media, the incident took place in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. According to the police, the sisters, aged 14 and 17, were asked by three suspects to have a sex life together. Traveling by car, they were allegedly kidnapped in the field for sexual abuse. The sisters asked two of the suspects to remarry. Unexpectedly, the two suspects found other accomplices to strangle them, and then they hung them from a tree, trying to create the illusion of hanging themselves.
After news of the killing of the sisters came to light, family members and villagers organized a demonstration on the road leading to the city on the 14th, demanding that the police seek justice for them. printed on the 15th and announced the arrest of a total of six suspects, one of whom was shot and wounded by police for resisting arrest.
Already in May 2014 there was also the case of a couple of cousins who were sexually assaulted in the northern province of India and were later found hanged from a mango tree. After the incident, the media also shocked the local media. that time, five suspects were arrested for lack of evidence. Release without charge. In response to the sexual assault and murder, the deputy governor of the northern province, Brajesh Pathak, has promised to speed up the judicial process, promising “that the soul of the author will tremble in the reincarnation of the next few lives”.
It was also reported that at least five of the six suspects are Muslims. In the atmosphere of long-term confrontation between Hindus and Muslims due to their historical origins, the incident could turn into a religious conflict. Several politicians have urged those who have a heart not to resort to political religion in the name.
Aside from the conflicts between the caste system and religions, according to the latest figures released by India’s National Crime Statistics Bureau (NCRB), Indian police reported 31,677 cases of sexual assault in 2021, an increase of 19.34. % over the previous year, equivalent to the average There are 87 episodes of sexual violence every day.
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