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A parantha for Rs.250, water bottle for Rs.400 to Uttarakhand victims

Dehradun: Even with hundreds dead and thousands stuck in tragedy-hit Uttarakhand, there are people who have decided to make a quick buck by exploiting the helpless and stranded. Survivors, who for days have battled the cold without any food or water, are now facing another threat.

“Some unknown people came and robbed us. They took everything we had. They took even our shoes. What could we do? They were armed. We had not eaten for days. We were weak. We now have blisters on our feet. With great difficulty we climbed down,” said a teary-eyed elderly couple.

Radheshyam Pandya, another survivor, said, “I don’t know where my brother-in law is. I gave a man Rs. 2000 to bring him to us. He didn’t come back. I gave another man Rs. 3000. He too didn’t return.”

“Taxi drivers are charging four times the fare. We had to give everything we had. It became so bad that we almost had to sell the clothes we are wearing. What could we do? We were desperate and worried,” said a man stranded in Uttarakhand.

“They are selling a paratha for Rs. 250, a bottle of water for Rs. 400,” said another survivor.

After being pushed to the extreme, physically and psychologically, many of the survivors are arriving at the relief camps, without a rupee in their pockets. And with no money left, they face another challenge – making the long journey back home.

A parantha for Rs.250, water bottle for Rs.400 to Uttarakhand victims | Hindustan Today

 

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In India everyone is either a predator or a prey.

When you are hit by a natural calamity, expect predators to hunt you down and eat your flesh up.

Koi kisika nehi hota... this is the real world.

Reports of rape, murder of stranded women shocks Uttarakhand
Prithviraj Singh, Hindustan Times Dehradun, June 22, 2013

Uttarakhand reeled in horror on Saturday as reports came in that a stranded woman tourist and her daughter were raped and murdered in Gaurikund area of Kedarnath valley. Another stranded woman, from Bihar, too was reportedly raped in the area.

What’s more, criminals reportedly murdered three brothers — all mule traders — in the same area and looted Rs. 17 lakh from them.

Locals told HT unidentified people raped and murdered the woman and her daughter at Ghondhlu Pani village under Ukhimath police station. The other rape also took place under the same police station limits.

According to the locals, the mule traders were murdered in a forest near Chauwasi village of Gaurikund.

The locals said they had informed the police about the crimes. A police official at the Rudrprayag SP office admitted receiving such complaints. The official, who declined to give his name, said no FIRs had been registered.

Asked about the bone-chilling crimes, Uttarakhand DGP Satyavrat Bansal said, “I am not denying that anti-social elements taking undue advantage of the situation. There might have been isolated incidents, but not a spree.”

Bansal added, “I have directed Rudraprayag SP to keep the local police vigilant and all efforts must be made to check criminal activities there if any.”

Locals in the flood-affected areas suspect bands of roving criminals are preying on the stranded people and even stealing from the dead — chopping off fingers to steal jewelry.

The Ukhimath police have arrested a person and recovered cash and other articles he reportedly took off bodies lying in the area. “The arrested person claims to be a sadhu (ascetic),” said a police source.

Reports of rape, murder of stranded women shocks Uttarakhand - Hindustan Times

 

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Gharwali People at their best

 

[Backbencher]

Unfortunately my friends man is the most dangerous animal . Wherever these natural calamities occur there unfortunately ought to occur incidents like stealing , fighting , rape
When there is no law and order then u can't predict the behavior of the uncivilized assholes .