Patna: Girl commits suicide after months of rape
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 18:49 [IST]
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Patna, Oct 26: A 21-year-old MBA student committed suicide after being subjected to months of sexual abuse by her spurned lover.
Arya ended life by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her Munnachak residence on Monday, Oct 25, after enduring months of rape and assault by her spurned lover and his friends, reported a newspaper.
Arya, who was doing MBA under Madurai Kamraj University's distance education programme, left behind a handwritten suicide note, in which she has named her "tormentors" and hoped that they are punished, reportedTimes of India on Tuesday, Oct 26.
"Copies of my suicide note should be sent to the President, Prime Minister and state chief minister. My tormentors belong to influential families and they can use their influence to save their skin.
"If you fail to do justice to my soul, at least provide protection to my father, mother and brother and do not harass them," the four-page note reads.
The names of Arya's assailants have been revealed as Praveen Kumar of Central Bank Colony, Pushkar of Bankmen's Colony and Harsh Ranjan and Jyoti Ranjan of east Ashok Nagar.
Giving the vivid details of her torture in the note, Arya alleged that Vinit, Pushkar and Harsh raped her regularly and had even made her obscene MMS after threatening to implicate her family members in false cases if she did not cooperate for the shoot, the newspaper report said.
Urging the police to send her body to a medical examination, Arya wrote in her suicide note, "As late as Oct 20, they forced themselves on me; the marks of beating can be seen on my left hand and ear."
Patrakarnagar police has vowed to take action once the allegations are proved to be true.
(one india)
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'More than 50% Indian kids face sexual abuse'
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LONDON: In a shocking revelation, more than 50% children interviewed for a survey in India to determine the extent of violence against them said they had faced sexual abuse. In total, 12,500 school kids in 13 states between five and 18, as well as otherwise, took part in the research.
The report by Plan International, a children's organization here, said India is dubiously ranked third among 13 countries in terms of estimated economic cost of corporal punishment. Plan calculated that anything between $1.4 billion and $7.4 billion was lost every year in India by way of social benefits because of physical ill-treatment in schools. This is premised on how the larger economy is affected by the impact of such punishment, causing poor pupils' attendance and academic performance.
Only the US and Brazil suffered greater economic damage in the same sphere. Plan also studied Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Jordan and Egypt.
According to Plan's findings, corporal punishment is widespread in Indian schools, despite being illegal. More than 65% children, its report claimed, said they were beaten. A majority of such victims are in state schools.
The study also discovered that caste and gender discrimination was the major cause of violence against children. It said many students abandoned their studies because of such humiliation, which included hitting with hands or sticks, making them stand in various positions for long periods and tying them to chairs. More boys (54%) than girls (45%) were subjected to corporal punishment.
Plan blamed "societal acceptance of violence as a form of discipline" for it and pointed to a lack of awareness about children's rights in India. In the schools surveyed, there were at least five beatings of students a day.
Interestingly, many among the students interviewed believed corporal punishment was sometimes necessary. Students in Assam, Mizoram and UP reported highest rates of corporal punishment, while Rajasthan and Goa the lowest. Plan's conclusions are based on Overseas Development Institute, a UK thinktank, research. The institute's sources included government of India data on child abuse in the country. (the times of india)
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