UNITED SIKHS Condemns gang rape and torture of 20-year-old Sikligar daughter: writes to Indian National Human Rights Commission
January 31, 2022
New Delhi
On January 26, 2022, a young Sikh female, aged 20, was brutally gangraped. She was physically, sexually, and mentally assaulted, and dragged across the streets of Kasturba Nagar, New Delhi. Her only crime was refusing any kind of relation with an entitled boy who was trying to convince her to marry him, despite the fact that she was already married.
A 14-year-old boy used to stalk her, he even tried to force her to leave her husband and child and marry him. He may have been a child, but his family should have known better. Instead, his family abducted this young girl and had her face painted black. Women of the family told their sons to commit acts of sexual violence on her. Young men forced their private parts into her mouth. After this barbaric act, her hair was cut and her face was painted black, she was dragged up and down the streets of Delhi, as police turned a blind eye, which is ironic because this incidence took place on January 26, which is, the Republic Day of India and there was heavy security around the area.
According to the Delhi Police, there were multi-layered complex security arrangements made on this day, especially since the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, would be speaking. The special security arrangements included the installation of a facial recognition software and deployment of 27,000 personnel across the city, to prevent any terror-related incidents. The forces deployed included Deputy Commissioners, Assistant commissioners, inspectors and sub-inspectors. Armed Police Force personnel, commandos, and Officers and jawans of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). Even then, no one was able to stop this cruel and heartless brutality.
“Despite that tough anti-rape law was passed following the brutal rape of Nirbhaya and had introduced death sentence for convicted rapists, the present case shows that it hasn’t brought any positive change in the society and the women are still unsafe. We would fight against this heinous crime and see that the perpetrators do not escape the clutches of law”, says Harpreet Kaur, UNITED SIKHS Legal Counsel.
“We have made sure that the victim and her family are safe and are under police protection. We have offered them legal assistance and every support we can provide, including counselling services to the victim because of the trauma she is going through”, says Pritam Singh, Director UNITED SIKHS
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