4 held in India over rape of woman and daughter while husband tied to tree

[Ryan]

PATNA, India -- Police arrested four people for allegedly gang-raping a woman and her 14-year-old daughter after tying the woman's husband to a tree at gunpoint in eastern India, a police officer said Friday. Crimes against women have been rising in India despite toughening of laws. India has been shaken by a series of sexual assaults since 2012, when a student was gang-raped and murdered on a moving New Delhi bus.

The family was riding a motorbike to their village on Wednesday night when armed suspects stopped them on a deserted stretch near Gaya, a town in Bihar state, said the officer who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

The four were arrested on Thursday and Friday, he said. Police were still looking for two suspects who fled after the crime.

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While the government has passed a series of laws increasing punishment for rape of an adult to 20 years in prison, high-profile brutal assaults continue.

Responding to widespread outrage over the recent rape and killings of young girls and other attacks on children, India's government in April approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under age 12.

The government also enacted laws doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalizing voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women. Indian lawmakers also voted to lower to 16 from 18 the age at which a person can be tried as an adult for heinous crimes.

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[UKBengali]

Harsher punishments are not the answer.

A whole-scale change in Indian society and culture is required.

 

[GHALIB]

Harsher punishments are not the answer.

A whole-scale change in Indian society and culture is required.

it will take 100 years to change DNA of subcontinent .

 

[Ryan]

Woman And Daughter Gang-Raped At Gunpoint As Husband Was Tied To Tree
The doctor had left his clinic in Gaya's Guraru Bazar around 8 pm last night and was heading home with his wife and daughter.

GAYA, BIHAR:

A man was tied to a tree as his wife and 12-year-old daughter were gang-raped at gunpoint allegedly by around 20 men on Wednesday in Bihar's Gaya. Two of the attackers have been identified by the family and arrested. Some 17 are in custody, being questioned for a crime that has jolted the region.

"The family was on a motorcycle, passing through Sondiha when the three were stopped by armed men. They raped the mother and the daughter after tying the father to a tree," said senior police officer Nayyer Hasnain Khan.

The man, who runs a clinic in Gaya's Guraru Bazar, shut shop around 8 pm on Wednesday night and was heading home with his wife and daughter.

When they were passing through a deserted stretch, the group of 20 surrounded them. In his statement to the police, the man said he tried to fight the men but was overpowered.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-...unpoint-the-father-was-tied-to-a-tree-1867532




The officer in charge of the police station that oversees the area has been suspended for negligence. Eleven suspects were picked up on Wednesday and the rest yesterday. Local villagers reportedly helped the police catch the accused by putting up roadblocks to block their escape.

"It also emerged during the investigation before this incident, the same group had snatched mobile phones and cash from a couple of students passing through the village," Mr Khan said.

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Amid outrage and shock over the incident, RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav targeted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the state of law and order. "Nitish Kumar, after joining hands with the BJP, has buried law and order in the state," he told NDTV.

 

[Hamza913]

Hindustan is screwed up...

 

[GHALIB]

hang these animals .

 

[Path-Finder]

f#cking hell. few days ago I read a news where a school student was raped by her classmates, she approached her teachers and the teacher raped her too.

incredibly disturbing.

 

[Azadkashmir]

india is heaven for women from western world that don't get love.

 

[Dalit]

This is India's main export. Rape. Not a day goes by with some cruel story appearing in the world media. Yet, some Indians keep crying why they are being selected as the worst place for women. This is also the same nation that goes around pointing fingers at others. They are very good at it. When someone points a finger at them it becomes a conspiracy against Hindustan.

 

[UKBengali]

f#cking hell. few days ago I read a news where a school student was raped by her classmates, she approached her teachers and the teacher raped her too.

incredibly disturbing.

 

[hussain0216]

Indian hell for women

 

[Daghalodi]

Unfortunate incident!!

India is the rape capital of the world

 

[delta2]

The Indian forces have been raping people in Kashmir for decades.

Now they are now raping each other's wives, daughters and kids.

Next the stronger men among them will turn on the weaker ones.