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Another Dalit girl students gangrape stuns Kerala

Trivandrum - Protests continue to rage against rape and murder of Jisha

By T K Devasia

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Published: Thu 5 May 2016, 12:00 AM

Last updated: Fri 6 May 2016, 9:00 AM

Even as protests against the brutal murder of a 30-year-old Dalit law-student at Perumbavoor in Ernakulam continued to rock Kerala for the second day on Wednesday, gangrape of another Dalit girl has been reported from the state capital of Trivandrum.
The 19-year-old BSc nursing student was allegedly raped by three men in a moving auto rickshaw at Ayanthi in Varkala. Police said that the girl had gone with the autorickshaw driver, who was known to her, in his vehicle. Two of his friends also got into the vehicle later. They then took the autorickshaw to a deserted spot and allegedly raped her.
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The teenager girl has been admitted to the Trivandrum Medical College Hospital. Police have registered a case and taken three persons, including the victim's boy friend, into custody in connection with the incident.
Meanwhile, protests against the brutal murder of Jisha continued at Perumbavoor. People from various walks of life thronged the industrial town with protests mainly targeted against the police.

Jisha, who belongs to a Dalit community, was found murdered on April 28 at her home at Kuruppumpadi near Perumbavoor. Postmortem report revealed 38 wounds in the body, including the genitals, indicating sexual assault before murder.
The protesters, who included lawyers, activists of various youth and women's outfits, staged marches to the office of the Perumbavoor deputy superintendent of police (Dy SP) demanding immediate arrest of the culprits.
The march took out by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist), turned violent after the protesters tried to barge into the Dy SP's office. Police resorted to cane charge to disperse the protesters.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was shown black flags by the DYFI activists when he went to the Perumbavoor taluk hospital to see the mother of the victim. The protesters had not allowed Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala to visit the hospital on Tuesday.
Lawyers from Perumbavoor Bar Association alleged serious lapses in the investigation. They said that the delay on the part of the police in beginning the investigation had helped the culprits to escape.
 
Chandy told reporters after visiting the hospital that the government would give Rs.1 million to the family and a job to the sister of the victim with the approval of the Election Commission. He claimed that the police probe into the murder was in right direction. "The guilty will be brought to the book soon. It is a very unfortunate incident that should not have happened in a state like Kerala. Those responsible for the crime will be given stern punishment," he added.
Though six days have passed since the murder, police have not been able to make any breakthrough in the investigation. Though seven persons, including a youth from Kannur, were questioned by the probe team, none of them were found involved in the murder.


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