After 32 years, a POCSO court in Ajmer sentenced six accused to life imprisonment and fined them ₹5 lakh last week, marking a passive, lukewarm end to a case that had shaken the city to its core.
Ajmer POCSO court sentences 6 to life imprisonment, fines them Rs 5 lakh each. Former prosecution lawyer says it was 'such a sight to see them being treated like criminals'.
The men who raped multiple teenage girls in 1992 continue to wield influence in Ajmer due to their politically connected family. Most survivors have turned hostile.
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French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Ms. Anatara Baruah, just like Ms. Jyoti Yadav, has been under the tutelage of Mr. Shekhar Gupta and has turned out to be a perfectly “secular” journalist.
Just like Ms. Yadav, she too has very carefully crafted the article so as to brush under the carpet the brazenly communal nature of the heinous crimes committed. The story has been “secularised” and presented as if it’s just another grooming gang story – an approach taken by Mr. Shekhar Gupta too on his CTC episode.
No mention of the religious angle of the crime has been made. Facts of the case, most certainly known to both Ms. Yadav and Ms. Baruah, were deliberately suppressed which would make it appear like a “secular” crime.
Kudos to Mr. Shekhar Gupta for mentoring such “secular” journalists.
Ms. Anatara Baruah, just like Ms. Jyoti Yadav, has been under the tutelage of Mr. Shekhar Gupta and has turned out to be a perfectly “secular” journalist.
Just like Ms. Yadav, she too has very carefully crafted the article so as to brush under the carpet the brazenly communal nature of the heinous crimes committed. The story has been “secularised” and presented as if it’s just another grooming gang story – an approach taken by Mr. Shekhar Gupta too on his CTC episode.
No mention of the religious angle of the crime has been made. Facts of the case, most certainly known to both Ms. Yadav and Ms. Baruah, were deliberately suppressed which would make it appear like a “secular” crime.
Kudos to Mr. Shekhar Gupta for mentoring such “secular” journalists.