The Indian Rape Chronicles

**Correction** · 2013-02-21 11:06

NEW DELHI — Indian police said Thursday that they have launched a manhunt for men suspected of raping and killing three sisters, aged 5 to 11, in the latest case of sexual violence to grip India.

For two days the police did nothing.

**archibaldcrane** · 2013-02-21 12:59

So, is it easier to rape in India, Egypt, or in an american fraternity now?

http://www.meforum.org/3450/egypt-ra...ual-harassment

Don't want someone else taking our throne.

**Khajit** · 2013-03-12 23:21

The rapist who started all this was found dead in his cell. Suicide is being claimed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21744999

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports from Delhi: "He was kept in a cell along with two others"

The death in prison of a suspect in the rape and murder of a female student in India's capital, Delhi, was a major lapse in prison security, Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said.

Mr Shinde said action would be taken, and promised an investigation.

Police say Ram Singh hanged himself in Delhi's Tihar jail, but defence lawyers and his family suspect he was murdered.

Mr Singh, 33, was one of five men being held in the case, which outraged India. They all deny the charges.
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The death in prison of a man accused in the gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi has raised questions about security in South Asia's largest prison ”

A sixth suspect is being tried by a juvenile court.

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder, in Delhi, says Mr Singh's death comes as a huge embarrassment for the authorities who are already under enormous pressure over the case.
'No suicide watch'

Mr Shinde said the authorities would respond only after the enquiry had reached its conclusions, probably in two or three weeks' time.

"It is a major lapse in security, certainly it is not a small incident. Action will be taken," Mr Shinde said.

Tihar jail spokesman Sunil Gupta told the BBC that Ram Singh appeared to have hanged himself with an improvised rope made from a blanket at about 05:00 local time on Monday (23:30 GMT Sunday).
V.K. Anand, defence lawyer for Ram Singh

V K Anand, defence lawyer for Ram Singh: "There has to be some foul play here"

He said Mr Singh had not been on suicide watch, and had been able to make a noose and attach it to a metal grille while his three cellmates were asleep.

His body would be taken for a post-mortem examination later on Monday, Mr Gupta added.

Ram Singh's lawyer, V K Anand, told reporters he was informed about his client's death by police.

"There has to be some foul play here," he said.

"There were no circumstances which could have led to Ram Singh committing suicide. There was no mental stress. He was very happy... The trial was going on very well."

Mr Singh's father, Mangelal Singh, said his son had a badly injured hand and could not have hanged himself.
Ram Singh Ram Singh's death in India's most secure jail is a huge embarrassment for the authorities

He also said his son had been raped in prison by other inmates, and repeatedly threatened by prisoners and guards.

"My son has not committed suicide," he said.
Nationwide protests

Ram Singh and the four other adult defendants - his brother Mukesh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur - have been on trial in a fast-track court.

The case was due to resume on Monday. Reporting restrictions mean few details of the trial have been made public.

They face 13 charges, including murder, gang rape, kidnapping and destruction of evidence. If found guilty they could face the death penalty.
Case Timeline

16 December 2012: Student gang raped on Delhi bus
17 December: Bus driver Ram Singh and three others arrested
18 December: Uproar in parliament, street protests in Delhi and elsewhere
21-22 December: Two more arrests, including a minor
29 December: Victim dies in Singapore hospital
7 January 2013: Suspects charged in court with abduction, gang rape, murder
21 January: Trial of five accused begins in special fast-track court
2 February: Five accused plead not guilty
28 February: Sixth accused charged in juvenile court
11 March: Ram Singh found dead in Tihar jail

Profile: Delhi rape accused Ram Singh
India jail death sparks reaction

The maximum sentence the juvenile would face if convicted would be three years in a reform facility.

The 23-year-old rape victim, who was not named for legal reasons, was with a male friend when she was attacked on a bus and thrown from the vehicle on 16 December.

She died in a Singapore hospital on 29 December from massive internal injuries.

Ram Singh was accused of being the driver of the bus.

The case provoked nationwide protests and demands for tougher penalties for rapists, as well as greater protection for women.

Tihar prison, which authorities say is the largest in Asia, is India's most high-security prison.

The 55-year-old jail houses more than 12,000 inmates, although it has an official capacity of about 6,000.

The complex includes nine separate prison facilities.

Media reports quoting the chief of Tihar prison Vimla Mehra say there were 18 deaths in the jail last year, of which two were cases of suicide.

**Correction** · 2013-03-16 09:41

This train won't stop

Swiss tourist gang raped in central India

The woman was on a cycling trip with her husband in impoverished Madhya Pradesh state, when seven to eight men attacked the couple on Friday night, sexually assaulting the woman and robbing the pair, police said.

The attackers "tied up the man and raped the woman in his presence", local police official S.M. Afzal told AFP, adding that they stole 10,000 rupees ($185) and a mobile phone from the woman.

**Kuya** · 2013-03-16 10:57

These impoverished indians have nothing better to do than rape rape rape.

**Tajin** · 2013-03-16 11:49

This should teach all those fucking euro-hippies not to tour in a third world zone.

**noblemountain** · 2013-03-16 11:55

Originally Posted by Tajin

This should teach all those fucking euro-hippies not to tour in a third world zone.

you know what would help those third world zone's? tourism!

**Ragnus** · 2013-03-19 08:28

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/b...-lateststories

A British tourist jumped from her hotel room in Agra today, allegedly to avoid being molested by the owner of the hotel.

The 30-year-old jumped from the balcony on the first floor of the Agra Mahal Hotel and is in hospital with head injuries; both her legs are fractured.

The hotel owner, Sachin Chauhan, has been arrested.

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He allegedly entered the tourist's room early this morning, offering her a massage, and then tried to molest her.

The woman had checked into the hotel two days ago.

Just this morning, the UK had revised its advisory to its citizens travelling to India, saying women should be cautious. The advisory cited the recent gang-rape of a Swiss tourist by six men in Madhya Pradesh.

"A Swiss national suffered a serious sexual attack in Madhya Pradesh on March 16. Women travelers should exercise caution when travelling in India even if they are travelling in a group," the advisory said.

In Karnataka, five men have been arrested for harassing a Norwegian woman who was travelling on a bus.

**Tarage** · 2013-03-19 18:03

So yeah... don't go to India. Turns out they give women the D.

**quannum** · 2013-03-19 19:55

GOP found their demographic!

**Milkster** · 2013-03-19 22:06

NEW DELHI: A woman has alleged that she was raped by four men, including her estranged husband, inside a lawyer's chamber here, police said today.

The victim claimed that the incident took place in a chambers of the lawyer practicing in Patiala court complex.

She claimed that her husband's lawyer called her to the court on pretext of settling her divorce petition.

She claimed her husband and sister-in-law took her to the chamber where she was raped by the lawyer, his assistant and her husband and her husband's brother-in-law.

A case has been registered.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19073800.cms

**Tarage** · 2013-03-20 04:26

You'd think... after so many high profile rape cases and people being accused of it killing themselves that maybe... just maybe... the rapists would cool their fucking jets for five god damn seconds so as not to draw attention to themselves at a time where everyone wants to kill them.

**Ragnus** · 2013-03-20 07:47

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19081886.cms

Mumbai teen hangs self after sexual abuse at ashram school

ULHASNAGAR: A 14-year-old girl on Monday night hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her Ulhasnagar home following alleged sexual abuse by the superintendent of an ashram where she studied in Class V. The victim's family has refused to take the body from hospital unless the superintendent is arrested. The victim's family has alleged that Vijay Patil (24), superintendent of Rajashri Sahu Maharaj Ashram, allegedly sexually abused the girl on false promises of marriage.

Following protests by the family outside the Central police station till late on Tuesday, an abetment to suicide case was filed against Patil. "We will take action after detailed inquiry," said senior inspector M Pimpalkar.

**Kuya** · 2013-03-20 08:04

All of this news gives the impression that indians are rape crazy, when i suspect we're just paying more attention.

**Lucavi** · 2013-03-20 08:06

^ Either or, this shit's crazy. That is a tremendous amount of rape coverage (and rape!!) going on in such a short amount of time.

**Byrthnoth** · 2013-03-20 08:06

Originally Posted by Kuya

All of this news gives the impression that indians are rape crazy, when i suspect we're just paying more attention.

This almost has to be it. They have four times our population. Even with lower reporting rates and less news coverage on average, I'd still expect them to have more rapes/day than us.

**GoggleHead** · 2013-03-20 08:07

Yeah, there's probably plenty of cases to go around. When you stop and consider India's population it's surprising there aren't more cases surfacing just due to the sheer volume of people.

**Byrthnoth** · 2013-03-20 08:25

Of course, the recent number of tourist rapes is probably higher than us with a lower number of tourists to git raepd.

...and I have to say that their proclivity for gang raep is pretty unusual.

**Callisto** · 2013-03-20 08:36

I like that India isn't revising its advisory to male citizens telling them not to rape anyone, it's just 'be more carefule, ladies!'

**Ragnus** · 2013-03-20 10:30

Personally, in all of this, I'm not really caught up in the perceived notion of how often it happens so much as the locations of where it happens. In the past few articles the place that the rapes occurred were and who did it are pretty shocking.

A hotel by the guy who owns the establishment. It's disturbing to me because a hotel room usually gives a sense of security because the only other person who can get in is the owner or housekeeping.

A court room lawyer area by her own husband and a few other men. It's nuts because criminal activity is happening in a place these men are supposed to be tried and convicted of this stuff.

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