On August 3, a 14-year-old girl went missing, and later her charred remains were recovered from a brick kiln in Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Following the case, the police arrested as many as seven miscreants on the charges of rape and murder. The frustrated father tried to jump into the pyre of his own daughter on August 7.
The father got injured while trying to jump onto the burning pyre and was admitted to the district hospital for treatment. An assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) from Kotra Police Station in Bhilwara has been suspended for alleged negligence in the case.
The state of law and order in Rajasthan is vulnerable, and the opposition is raising their voice against it through protests and dharnas. On the other hand, the Chief Minister of the state, Ashok Gehlot, is mum over the rising crime in the state. Under his government, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) was sacked for asking questions on the rising crime rate.
Bhilwara gangrape
According to reports, the body of the girl was discovered on August 3 near a brick kiln. The victim was a native of Narsinghpura village in the Girdiya Panchayat region of the Shahpura district. She went to graze goats in the field with her parents. Unfortunately, she was separated from her parents.
Later, the parents began searching for her but failed to find her anywhere. When she did not return home by the evening, the family rushed to the police station. Notably, the police did not file any missing person report in this case.
Bhilwara police arrested as many as 5 miscreants for allegedly raping a 14-year-old.
The police said that some of the minor’s body parts were allegedly burnt in the furnace while other parts were disposed of in a nearby pond to destroy all evidence.
Calling this a “rarest of the rare case”, Bhilwara SP Adarsh Sidhu said all efforts will be made to ensure that the accused get the death penalty.
“We will try to ensure capital punishment for all the accused through a fast-track court. It is the rarest of the rare crimes,” the SP said.
“Ten accused were involved in the crime, including six males and four women,” he added.
Law and order in Rajasthan
In Bhilwara town, tensions gripped as clashes erupted between two communities over the abuse with a minor Hindu girl. Organiser reported the incident and it came to light that Muslim boys mixed urine with the water in the water bottle of a Hindu girl in school. Later, the principal refused to act and hence the victim’s family reached the Tehsildar’s office demanding action.
In a similar incident, two Islamists impregnated two minor girls within a year in Rajasthan’s Alwar. The police is yet to nab the accused identified as Sappi and Subhan. The father of the girls filed an FIR against the accused at the NEB police stations. The police have launched a hunt to arrest the accused who were absconding.
India is a country with its majority population being Hindus; however, every now and then there are cases of oppression against them. In two recent incidents reported in Rajasthan, a similar mindset is being exposed. In one of the schools in the Alwar district, a Hindu student was thrashed for putting Tilak in school. In the other incident from Jodhpur, families protested after staff at a Christian school tore the poster of Hanumaji in the school.
In a crime that may send chills down your spine, a family of four, including a minor baby girl, were set ablaze after cutting their throats in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. The incident occurred in Osain village, almost 50 kilometres from the city. Notably, this accident took place in the home district of the current Chief Minister of the state, Ashok Gehlot. The opposition parties are questioning the CM over the state of “Law and order” in the state.
Notably, on July 21, the Minister of State, Rajendra Singh Gudha, was sacked by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for questioning his own Government at the State legislative assembly.
Days after being sacked from cabinet following his critical remarks against the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan Government over recent incidents of crimes against women in the State, Rajendra Singh Gudha on July 23 said, “Rajasthan is number one when it comes to crime against women.”
