Warning: This post contains graphic imagery.
A father in India has chopped off the hands of the 17-year-old boy who allegedly raped his seven-month old daughter. Fox News report the alleged rape took place in 2014.
It is believed the baby’s mother caught the teen assaulting her daughter. The incident was reported and the teen was incarcerated in a juvenile remedial home while he awaited trial.
After the April 19th court hearing, the girl’s father, 25-year-old Parminder Singh state he would forgive the teen and was willing to accept an out of court settlement. It appears the settlement he had in mind lay far beyond legal boundaries.
Singh offered to drive the boy back to Kotli Ablu, the village they are both from, on his motorbike.
Along the way he stopped the bike and proceeded to beat the teen.
“He [the father] took him near a dried up canal, beat him up badly and then tied him to a tree,” said Swapan Sharma, a senior police officer of Bathinda, according to The Daily Mail.
After beating the teen severely, Singh "finally hacked his hands off" with a machete. He then fled the scene leaving the boy for dead.
"Locals alerted police and we rushed to the spot," said Sharma. "We picked him up, his hands, and took him to the hospital."
Sharma says that the teen is now in a stable condition, but "there is nothing below the wrists..."
Police are now searching for Singh. Fox News reports he will be charged with attempted murder.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 33,707 rapes were committed in India in 2014. Thirty-eight per cent of those rape victims were under the age of 18.
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Probably not much point trying to argue with entrenched misinformation but:
(1) an allegation does not equal a fact.
(2) witnesses make mistakes. All the time.
(3) witnesses lie. All the time.
The endless, mindless "justice is broken in Australia" diatribe is based on a constant stream of tabloid and shock jock misinformation. You don't hear about the sentences that are appropriate. You don't hear the real facts of the case. You don't even know what the real sentence is, because the bit that gets reported is "he could be out in "X" years" (leaving out the years he served awaiting trial and assuming parole will be granted the second it becomes technically feasible. It never is, of course.)
All this has several effects. It tells crims that the "system" is afraid to punish them. Not true, of course, as our overcrowded jails will attest. The constant message is self - fulfilling of course. The deterrent effect is significantly lessened by the BS.
It erodes trust in a foundation of our democratic system, making it easier for people who want guilt, punishment and retribution to be based on the local tabloid's crusade-de-jour to turn justice into a lotto.
And it makes a butload of money for the Alan Jones' and Ray Hadleys of this world, and all the wannabes.
I've noticed MM has an almost gratuitous obsession with atrocious stories of child abuse, even when they don't occur in Australia or have any Australian connection. I just wonder why?