Gang Rape In New Delhi, India.

                One girl against six drunken men. Her scream, her plea for mercy and her innocence were worthless. She was gang-rapped by a group of six disgusting drunken men who were “joyriding” on the same bus the girl boarded. The 23 year-old’s male companion was thrashed and beaten up. Each took turn to rape the girl and after satisfying their lust, her vagina was struck by a metal rod, reaching up to her intestines. Soon after that, the girl and the male companion were thrown out of the moving bus. The girl was lying there naked, semi-conscious asking for help. Did anyone helped? Did anyone even paid heed? NO! And you know what, all these horrifying cruelty happened in the capital city of a country that pays never-ending respect for women….INDIA! Or so, as they call it.

            This cruel mishap befell Nirbhaya, the 23 year-old damsel left her in coma for many days and struggling to be alive. Whilst the medical professionals in sub-continent India have tried their best in recovering Nirbhaya, now India’s very own Home Minister have sponsored the girl to be flown to the Republic of Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital for a better intensive care and treatment. The medics are still struggling to save her life using whatever means they are left with. Let’s all hope for a medical miracle to emerge!

            This tragedy shook the entire country. Student activists together with other non-governmental organisations are going to the streets to protest against the merciless action. Its Premier has been taken to task to punish the unscrupulous culprits for their act. Not only that, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh has been chided by many for slow-moving judicial system in India. This is because, many got agitated that the six men are still not convicted in court and sentenced to appropriate punishment. These mounting pressure towards the higher public-office holders specifically, towards Mr. Manmohan Singh has compelled the Premier to release an official statement that justice will be served at any expense. He mentioned that this tragedy should be condemned by every right-thinking man and woman. His guarantee made a huge majority relieved that the culprits will be severely punished, yet still anticipating what the final outcome could really be.

            Many parties who came forward to stage demonstrations pressed for capital punishment for all six offenders. For you information, statistics by the relevant authority showed that on average, there will be a rape case in New Delhi on daily basis. This shows the seriousness of the current status quo that should be well-monitored.

In many situations, a huge pool of people have condemned death penalty for several reasons, but it this case, many Indians opine that a sentence that would send these savages to the gallows would be the best punishment ever. Anyhow, everyone can only wait until the end of the prosecution to really witness the final sentence.

Within days after the Nirbhaya rape case, few other similar cruelty on women took place in India. For instance, a 42- year old was gagged and rapped by three men, a day back. If no prompt actions are taken by the Indian authority, the situation will only get more and more murky. As for the international scope, we need real-time enforcement and well-scrutinised enactments to instil fear against future rape offenders. The authorities, globally should learn from nations and sovereign states that records the lowest sexual abuses against our women. And let’s face the stark reality; no one wants to see a country with low percentage of rape cases. Everyone wants to see a country with NO rape cases at all. It may sound like an idealist’s idea that may not come true, but believe me, anything is POSSIBLE!