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| The attacker entering a salon with a jar full of acid. (Source: Google) |
IT wouldn't be wrong to say that India is one of those countries where women are tortured in the worst possible ways.
They are killed in the womb, or after their birth; if they manage to survive and grow up, many of them are abducted and sexually assaulted and then tossed aside like cigarette butts on the road.
As if this was not enough, jilted lovers and sexual predators are now increasingly hurling acid at their victims.
A bride-to-be in Ludhiana, who was getting ready for her wedding in a parlour, was scarred for life when a boy threw acid on her face on Saturday.
The girl was 'punished' for reportedly turning down her tormentor's marriage proposal.
I wonder, from where did he, and many like him, get the courage to attack women so violently? Maybe it's because these men firmly believe in the weaknesses of the law. They probably assume they will never have to go to jail for such crimes, and in case they get caught they would be out on bail.
The perpetrators seem to think: 'Death would be too easy for her (the victim); I'll give her a life that would be worse than hell.'
After ruining the life of their 'targets', most culprits continue to live as usual.
In such cases, if the girl's family doesn't desert her, they go broke financing her infinite number of surgeries and other medical requirements.
The Indian judiciary has failed time and again to ensure justice for acid attack victims and its failures are taking a toll on the defenceless women.
If a country like Bangladesh can significantly bring down the number of acid attacks by taking various measures, why can't India? It's time the law turned an iron hand on these monsters in the skin of men.
© 2013 Nasreen Ghani
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