Aman Zutshi
In a hair raising incident, a fake Baba has allegedly raped a minor girl several times after giving her sleeping pills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (April 3).
Following the crime, the matter came to light when the girl experienced stomach pain and told her parents that the spiritual man living in their house has been raping her by giving her sleeping pills in milk in their absence. The Baba took advantage of the minor girl when she used to fell unconscious.
Acting on the complaint, the man has been apprehended by Reasi police and when he was produced in court, he was granted ten years imprisonment and fine of Rs 5000.
A case has been registered at Reasi police station.
Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of consent.The term rape is sometimes used interchangeably with the term sexual assault.
Women’s rights in Jammu and Kashmir is a major issue. Belonging to a patriarchal society, they have had to fight inequality and routine discrimination.
J&K’s social, economic and political conditions have increased gender disparity in the region, with men dominating its socio-economic and political processes. Women’s roles have traditionally been domestic, and women in rural areas do not have access to education. According to a 2011 census, the literacy rate in J&K was 68.74 per cent; literacy among women was 58.01 per cent. The female high-school dropout rate is higher than the male rate, and one out of every three adult women in J&K is unable to read or write (compared with one out of five adult males).
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