Thursday, October 30, 2014

Uttar Pradesh Police (Strikes Again)

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Lokesh Khurana (an RTI Activist) had in July asked for details on the number of rapes in India’s most populous state and the reason behind a spurt in incidents. 

The response that he received on Wednesday from the police in 62 districts, ranges from regressive to plain bizarre.

Responses from cops around the different UP districts are listed below

Nasirpur  - “rapes happen due to lack of entertainment options”

Moradabad  - television and vulgar advertisements cause rapes

Firozabad -  the way women dress tempts “men with wrong intentions.

Allahabad - women’s clothes, appearance, DD telecast, mobile phones and vulgar songs are reasons for rape

Meerut -  the increased use of electronics and the deluge of information through digital media was dangerous and too much to handle.

Etawah - too much socializing between boys and girls led to such crimes

Hapur - illegal relationships and vulgar telecasts.

The varying theories on rape were submitted, ironically, on a day a minor girl in Amethi was gang-raped in the fields - she had gone there as there are no toilets in her village.

The Uttar Pradesh police have often been criticized as a lawless force that has allowed crime to thrive and that is prone to using a heavy hand while dealing with the public.

These atrocious thoughts on rape betray a retrograde mindset that blames largely women. How can they stop rapes!!!!!!

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Mulayam Singh Yadav

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Mulayam’s statement triggered a controversy at a time when women’s security has emerged as one of the key issues in the elections, especially against the backdrop of the December 16, 2012, gang rape of a paramedical student in Delhi.

Mulayam as quoted as saying, “Rape ke liye phaansi dena ghalat hai, ladkon se ghalti ho jaati hai, hum satta mein aaye to kanoon mein badlav karenge (Handing death sentence for rape is not fair… boys make mistakes… there will be changes in the law if we come to power).”

He added boys and girls fall in love but part ways due to differences. “When their friendship ends, the girl complains she has been raped.”

This statement was made on April 10, 2014

Babulal Gaur

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On 6 June 2014, Babulal Gaur, the home minister responsible for law and order in the BJP-run central state of Madhya Pradesh said: ‘This is a social crime which depends on men and women. Sometimes it’s right, sometimes it’s wrong.’

He added: ’Until there’s a complaint, nothing can happen.’

The BJP dismissed Gaur’s comments as an expression of his personal views, and not the party’s.