Dear Sir,
What happened in Delhi was just
one of the million incidents happening in our country every day.But we may not continue to ignore them. Our major
concern should be to preserve our race. The race which does not belong to any
single caste or religion. The race which has been preserved for thousands of
years by each and every religion of this land. The race which transcends the
whole of the Land, The India. We have to protect our race, the race of this
divine and holy land from being infiltrated by impurities. Our women are not
born to be raped, to be attacked with acids, to be bullied, to become sati, to
be beaten by the in-laws or for god sake any kind of atrocities. All our petty
and mean interest must be sub-ordinate before the task of preservation of our
race. And for this we must not take even a single step behind in process to
clean our society. Rape or any atrocities upon women can be said to be the work
of psychopath. Such psychopaths are an aberration in our race, weeds in our
society infiltrating our pure and enlightened culture of human beings. Such
weeds need to be removed, to be thrown out the society even if it amounts to
denial of right to life to them.
Sir, following are my
expectations from the government. I may not be aware of many laws which might
be already implemented but then at least I am sure that such laws even though
in existence have not made their presence felt.
1. I
firmly believe that instead of giving the post trauma compensation to the
victims and their families (for incidents which could be prevented by a strict
vigil) ,a way which used by the political parties to shrug off from their
duties, the focus of the govt. should be to better utilize the money in
capacity building of the security system of the nation. In each district at least 33% of the Post of Station House Officers should
be occupied by a Women officer and equal proportion of constables and Head
Constables. Similarly in each state 33% of the rank of Superintendent of Police
(SP) must be occupied by Women Officer. Since the atrocities against the
women is nation wide phenomenon and no region is escaped of this heinous crime,
presence of Women officers in the public must be felt so that women in the
society may feel more secured.
2. There
should be a Women’s Helpline number for each district with facility to immediately
track the location of the phone number to help women who made the distress call.
The helpline must be in continuous contact with patrolling team. Women’s Helpline must be under the direct control
of Collector of the District. Such helpline should not be put under the
direct control of CM of the state or any other minister of the state. The Helpline
must be eligible to register the case upon receiving the distress call demanding
immediate action. All calls must be recorded for improving the facility over
the time by identifying the loopholes in the system and ensuring a strict
monitoring system. Each case registered must be assigned ID which must be
supervised by a respective police officer and the track of the case must be
informed regularly to SP or Collector. Thus making senior police officers
responsible for the law and order in their region and better accountability.
There should be regular mock drills to check the efficacy of the Helpline.
3. More
forensic Labs to be established for speedier trials and faster collection of
evidence from the crime sites.
4. It
is said that crime and Corruption doesn’t happen in public and crowded place
but at a corner which remains isolated. CCTV cameras should be installed not
only at Public places, building, colleges but also some isolated places near
and in the cities which are susceptible to crime.
5. Most
of the cases go unnoticed because people fear either of going to police or due
to societal compulsions therefore local police must be engaged in community policing and Police officers
must be sensitized to understand the divine responsibility of security of the Human
being bestowed upon them. Steps need to be taken to revive the lost trust of
people in the Police System.
6. 10%
of the compensation given to victims of gross and heinous crimes against women must
be cut from the salaries of the whole police system of district right from
district collector to SI who failed to check the crime taking place at first
place and to make them more vigilant and giving them a sense of responsibility.
7. The
women helpline number must be adequately publicized in Newspapers, TV channels,
Placards on the road sides and important public places. Police/NGO must regularly
conduct sessions at Schools and colleges in their circles/region to increase
the confidence of students among the Police, inform them about the susceptible
criminal activities in their vicinity, help them to become smart citizens and
sensitize them regarding the various social issues. Such events must be adequately
publicized in the daily local Newspapers.
8. Why
parliament is overcrowded with only males. Do male member have some capability
different from women to handle the administration? Or male members have
different type of brain as compared to female members which give them advantage
or right of ruling the country? Why the Bills seeking reservation for SC/ST/OBC
and other minority get passed with complete majority and with no delays while
the Bill seeking reservations for women lag behind for years just to get
passed? If such a male dominant phenomenon and mentality strives in the very
heart of the country then how the expectations of women empowerment be
fulfilled for the country. It is true that there has been done a lot of
injustice to our countrymen from SC/ST and minority sections of the society but
a whole lot of atrocities, injustice are being done to Women of either SC/ST,
minorities, or general, irrespective of their caste, then why are such reservations
limited to local forms of government. Why not there are equal number of females
in Parliament? Therefore I suggest that the reservation for women in parliament
must be passed and government should show its genuine commitment towards the
empowerment of women.
9. The
use of alcohol must be banned in public places. Drinking alcohol is a private
matter and thus must be confined to four walls of one’s home. Few may argue
that drinking without harming anybody should not bother to others. But can you
read somebody’s mind if he has some criminal intent. Rather it is better to
prevent the occurrence of such incidents. People drinking in public places must
be heavily fined and on continuous breach of such rule must be arrested under
preventive detention.
10. One
of the lacunae which is seen most of the times after the crime has happened is
that Police personnel engage in an argument about under which police station’s
jurisdiction the case falls and try to do hands off with the responsibility.
The FIR must be registered to whatever Police station a victim reaches. The
mental state of victim or his/her relatives don’t allow them to think about the
jurisdiction of a police station rather a police man is seen as savior in such
a distress situation. Also such an attitude inculcates the habit to shirk off
the responsibility among the Police Personnel. Therefore to which jurisdiction
the case belongs is an internal matter of Policing system therefore the FIR
must be registered to whatever police station it comes. The case may be
immediately transferred to the respective Police Station but that should be
internal administrative matter. The Indian Police System must be made an
integrated system and not a system divided between various circles while the
common man remains unknown about the phenomenon of circles. It should remain functionally
united but administratively divided.
11. A
non-bailable warrant must be issued in cases in which heinous atrocities upon
women has been done like rape, acid attacks etc. I support the view that in
cases where the victim is unable to lead a normal life the punishment must not
be less than Life Imprisonment. The cases in which children are being raped,
murdered or mutilated must be considered as rarest of rare case and should be
given death penalty. Atrocities on children must not be seen merely as a crime
but it is a direct attack on the very existence of human being. It must be an
act which deprive the children to enjoy their right to Life, right to
education, their freedom, their right to be happy, their right to dream for their
future with which the future of this country is associated. How are such people
different from those terrorist who use children to hide their own incapacity?
12. I
also support the view that punishments like Chemical castration and Death
Penalty may not be able to deter the criminals from doing atrocities on women.
But cases like Delhi Gang Rape case must be severely dealt with even with Death
Penalty. The nation won’t mind the loss of such people who are no use either
for themselves or for the society or for the nation.
13. Fast
track courts are need of hour. The government must not deter itself from taking
all those steps which can bring even the smallest relief to the victim. This
would not only being credibility to the govt. but also will develop the faith
of people in govt. The fast trial and
justice to the victim can at least provide a minor relief to the victim that
criminal is behind the bars and is not roaming free to make many others like
her as his victims.
14. The
SP of District must be made responsible for all the major cases relating to
atrocities on Women. We must understand that before Caste based discrimination,
atrocities upon women is even bigger issue and must be dealt strictly like
those based on caste are handled. While the caste based discrimination is
limited to some sections of society which also with the developing educational
system is withering away but the atrocities upon women have no caste
boundaries. Such crimes are prevalent in all section of society from the so
called high class to so called low class. It knows no boundaries. There is need
to empower the National commission for Women.
15. I
also support the view that the age for being considered as Juvenile to be
reduced to 16 from current 18.
16. The
definition of Rape must be widened and should not just be associated with
sexual penetration but different categories of penetrative assaults to be
included in the definition. It must be viewed as a crime which mutilates the
victim mentally for her life time. It is a trauma which no women can ever recover
from. It is a crime against the religion of the Land where Women are considered
as supreme being as originator of mankind. No society have ever survived and
progressed which cannot protect the rights of the women. The false pride in
male dominance has to go away. A man could not have been able to take pride in
his capabilities if a woman has not given birth to him.
What must be stressed on whatever
law comes is the mechanism of monitoring and accountability ensured in the law.
Without such mechanisms the law will be no more than a topping over the bad
governance making the mockery of the dignity of the women amounting to rape of womanhood
in front of the World. Indian women is not a joke or mockery to made of, she is
the “janani” of the best human race in the whole world. She is Mother of
legends and it is our duty to protect her.
Regards
Ashish Agarwal
