Girls Should Marry to Avoid Being Raped, Say Indian Caste Elders
8th October 2012
Their call came following an outcry over the gang-rape and subsequent suicide of a 16 year old girl, Sharmila, in Sacchakhera village, Haryana, close to the capital New Delhi. According to relatives, she was gang-raped by neighbours, while members of a neighbour’s family watched, including a local policeman. Several of them have been arrested but the policeman has been reported missing.
Shortly after the attack, the girl poured kerosene on her body and set fire to herself. She was taken to a local hospital which declined to treat her, and died shortly after reaching another.
Because, of course, it would just be too much effort to create a society in which 16-year-old girls didn’t get raped. Who has time for that?
October 8th, 2012 at 16:48
What? No Muslims involved? This must be a typo…