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The
alleged sexual harassment of the sister of a
woman IAS officer by the DIG, Railway Protection
Force (RPF), Premjit Rawal, on the Delhi-Patna
Sampoorna Kranti Express is a big black blot on
the face of Indian Railway and also of the
Railway Protection Force. This condemnable
incident has proved that it is not safe for the
poor women to undertake the journey by train all
alone and may possibly make them shiver from
within to think of the rail journey without any
male company. A senior most officer like the
said DIG, who is supposed to safeguard the lives
and dignity of the people and also to ensure the
safe journey was not expected to commit this
sort of eve-teasing and that too in drinking
state. In the wake of this incident, it seems
that let alone the poor women passengers, even
the ladies belonging to the affluent and
influential families are not spared now a days
by the "wolf" in the disguise of police uniform
who often puts the nation to shame more often
than not.
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Severe punishment and/or on-spot
beating will solve the problem of
sexual harassment on train. The
latter would be more effective as
the molesters can manipulate the
judicial system to their advantage
due to their position and money. We
all know the story of the Super Cop
who slapped the behind of a lady IAS
officer at a party and was fined
only because the lady put her career
on line to pursue the case. By now,
the Railway Minister must have
fulfilled his quota of bragging
about profits mentioned in the
Railway-financed report, he should
pay attention to ensure the safety
and security of passengers on the
train. - Satya - July 14, 2007
Just ashamed that the police kept on
searching for DIG for several days
all over India. I don't know what
would have happened if the accused
was a common citizen. In India, the
laws are different for powerful and
general public. And we still declare
ourselves as DEMOCRACY. - Ravish
Kumar, Sr. Software Engineer,
Hyderabad - July 16, 2007
Looting, intoxicating and sexual
harassment on trains, specially in
Bihar, fail to make news these days
as we are all sick of it. Common men
and women suffering from such
happenings have nowhere to go. The
system does not care for them as it
is geared to protect the rich and
the powerful. The government swears
by the aam adami and ironically he
is the first victim of the state
power.
This particular incident hogged
media lime-light as the victim
happened to be the sister of an IAS
officer and the accused was a DIG of
the RPF. The tragedy is that the
higher-ups of the accused tried to
cover it up by flaunting silly
explanation which even the accused
did not support in his testimony
before the Rly court. Will the court
or the Rlys. muster courage to
question their statement absolving
the accused without verification? I
think they will not, because that is
how we function without fixing
responsibility and making a mockery
of democracy. "Ham nahin sudherenge,
hamne kasam khali hai". - Ayodhya
Sharma, Patna - July 23, 2007 |
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