Punjab: Rape victim commits suicide - NewsX

2019-03-01 2

Despite the Government's claims that it'll take action to strengthen laws on rape, negligence and indifference continues to hound the victims. In Patiala, an 18-year-old girl was driven to suicide, 44 days after she was gangraped, because the police didn't arrest the suspects. It was only after her death, that the Punjab Police swung into action And arrested the alleged rapists Balwinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh and a woman Shinderpal Kaur who helped them. The police also sacked two officers including a DSP and suspended an Assistant Sub Inspector. A senior officer has been deputed to investigate why the suspects were not arrested for so long.

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