In India Again... Male Workers Detain Woman Going to Bathroom and Gang Rape Her

Indian women are participating in a rally condemning sexual crimes. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. [Image source=EPA Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] A woman in India has sparked outrage after being gang-raped by men. The woman reportedly left her home to use a public restroom when the incident occurred.

On the 26th (local time), according to local media including India Today, in a village in Samastipur, Bihar, men discovered a woman trying to use the restroom and took her to a secluded area where they sexually assaulted her. They committed horrific sexual crimes, including beating the resisting woman and hanging the bloodied, naked woman on a utility pole.

Eventually, the woman was found naked and collapsed under the utility pole by villagers. She was taken to a nearby hospital but is reported to be in critical condition and unconscious as of now.

Villagers claim that the perpetrators had planned the crime targeting the victim from the beginning. On the day of the incident, there was a wedding at the victim’s home, and it is suspected that the workers who had come to set up the tent were the perpetrators.

Subsequently, villagers apprehended seven workers and handed them over to the police. The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident with these suspects.

Meanwhile, India strengthened punishments related to sexual crimes after the 2012 gang rape and murder of a female college student on a bus in New Delhi. However, related crimes have not significantly decreased.

According to statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India, an average of 88 rape cases are reported daily in India. However, experts estimate that the number of unreported crimes is much higher considering India’s conservative culture.

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