Village elders drive raped woman out of village in eastern India

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A mother of four has been driven out of her village in Murshidabad district by a Muslim panchayat after being allegedly raped by a local man three months ago.

The panchayat ruled that her marriage stood annulled in the wake of the incident and that she could neither live with her husband nor enter the predominantly Muslim village, which is about 200 km from Kolkata.

The village council ruled that the couple should pay Rs 50,000 if they wished to stay together, a condition which the victim's husband, a daily wage labourer, failed to meet.

The victim, who was raped on July 25 in Katabagan village, filed a case at the police station in Behrampur on Friday following the intervention of Superintendent of Police Rahul Srivasatava.

The local police had earlier refused to register a case.

In her complaint, the woman accused Mansoor Ali, a local thug, of raping her in front of her four children.

"I want to keep my wife as it is not her fault, but people are not allowing me to keep her. Who will look after our four children?" her husband added.

His family was opposing his wife's stay in the house after the incident and the matter was taken up by the panchayat of the village.

Also, her stepmother prevented her from entering her father's house.

The panchayat also imposed a fine of Rs 18,000 on the rapist. He did not pay the fine.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/03wb.h...p&file=.htm

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Daniel

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Edited November 3, 2006 by AnaAndDaniel

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Wait a second...

It sounds like the she's getting blamed for the rape incident. That's just...well, screwed up.

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NICE!

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It sounds like the she's getting blamed for the rape incident.

In rural India, raped women are considered 'dirty'. This belief cuts across religious lines in that country. That's why no one wants her around anymore. Typically, women like this get banished and end up as prostitutes in the City.

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can't they just hang the thug by the gonads?

Daniel

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It sounds like the she's getting blamed for the rape incident.

In rural India, raped women are considered 'dirty'. This belief cuts across religious lines in that country. That's why no one wants her around anymore. Typically, women like this get banished and end up as prostitutes in the City.

That's just sad!

They should have either given that man a death sentance (or at the very least cut his willy off). Those poor women. Is there any kind of organization there to raise awareness that we could support and help them get out of this way of thinking?

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can't they just hang the thug by the gonads?

Daniel

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you're sounding like a republican, daniel

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can't they just hang the thug by the gonads?

Daniel

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you're sounding like a republican, daniel

Its just convenient, sheep in wolfs clothing

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can't they just hang the thug by the gonads?

Daniel

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you're sounding like a republican, daniel

nah. a repub approach would be how the 'judge'came to power. ie, "god fearing" approach.

can't they just hang the thug by the gonads?

Daniel

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you're sounding like a republican, daniel

Its just convenient, sheep in wolfs clothing

so you are saying repubs are wolves?

Daniel

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Edited November 3, 2006 by AnaAndDaniel

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so you are saying repubs are wolves?

Daniel

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or maybe dems are sheep

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This conversation reminds me of Training Day.

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It sounds like the she's getting blamed for the rape incident.

In rural India, raped women are considered 'dirty'. This belief cuts across religious lines in that country. That's why no one wants her around anymore. Typically, women like this get banished and end up as prostitutes in the City.

That's just sad!

They should have either given that man a death sentance (or at the very least cut his willy off). Those poor women. Is there any kind of organization there to raise awareness that we could support and help them get out of this way of thinking?

Aren't you going to ask what she was wearing?

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Death for Rapists

This is an interesting article I just found that claims India is considering making rapists elligible for the death penalty. I'm not sure if it's from this year or not because it just says Oct 4th.

Aren't you going to ask what she was wearing?

It's ok I found one on my own http://ncw.nic.in/

Your comment was totally uncalled for