The victim died last month,
two weeks after the brutal attack in which she was beaten, assaulted
with an iron rod on a moving bus and then thrown bleeding onto the
street. She had taken the bus after seeing a movie with a male friend,
who was also beaten. Thousands of Indians have demonstrated and called for justice.
The case has brought to light India’s growing problem with violence against women.
It has underscored serious weaknesses in the judicial system, which
encourages women not to bring charges against rapists and rarely brings
to justice those who are accused. Incompetent police are also part of
the problem. The victim’s male companion said later that police were
slow to respond and then wasted more time wrangling over who had
jurisdiction over the crime.
This is from a NYTimes editorial. Tom
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