Dalit Woman Discovered in a Well

A body of an 18 year old Dalit woman was recovered from a well in the Karauli District of Rajasthan, the police on Friday filed a case of murder and gangrape as it was reported by The Indian Express.

The body of the victim was found in the Bhilpada Road of the Hindaun City on Thursday. She was identified a resident of the Karauli’s Mohapur Village.

The opposition leaders of the district alleged that authorities handled the case with very insensitive manner and also tried to cover up the case.

The woman was initially informed to have died by drowning by the authorities and was registered as an Unnatural Death under the Code of Criminal Procedures.

The Autopsy Reports of the Dalit Woman

The medical report was testified by Medical Officer Pushpendra Gupta and informed to have carried the post mortem in the Hindaun Government Hospital between 5pm to 7pm on the 13th of July but the MP of the Ruling Party reached the spot along with the family of the victim and sat on a protest with them to protest for another autopsy.

Despite Mr. Gupta had already stated that the possibility of rape and acid attack was already informed to the family after the first post mortem was conducted.

The second post mortem was conducted on the night of the same day. The second examination was also recorded in the video form at the consent of the family as stated by Mr. Pushpendra Gupta.

The second report suggested that there was a firearm injury on the chest as the bullet was retrieved from her body, her hands were burnt as an acid attack was suspected, the body was also checked for rape but their assurance can only be validated when the preserved samples would be analysed.

The Charges Given to be Given to the Accused.

The police has filed a case against an unknown accused from the testimonials of the mother as he or she would be charged under: Sections 302 (murder), 376D (gang-rape), 326A (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid), 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage or to cause defilement) of the Indian Penal Code.

The Superintendent of Police Mamta Gupta stated that the family of the victim were threatened by the police when they visited the station to file a First Information Report.

Many ministers from various parties united and all of them want the authorities to take “strict actions against the culprits”

Catching the Culprits

Thankfully, On the 15th of July, the authorities have arrested the main accused and the father with the murder of an 18 year old Dalit woman.

The Superintendent of Police in Karauli stated that the accused Golu Meena, alias Prabhakar, has been arrested as he confessed that he raped the woman and shot her dead at his father Amar Singh’s farmhouse on the night of Tuesday and Wednesday of the previous week.

She also stated that his father assisted him in throwing the body into the well. After the arrest of the accused, the body was handed back to the parents.

Reason Behind the Heinous Crime

The Primary investigations revealed that the family of the victim had engaged her to someone else sometimes back but the girl wanted to live with Meena and she was allegedly forcing him to elope with her. This was followed by a dispute that ended with Meena where he took the victim to the farmhouse and raped her and after that he shot her point blank. Later, with the assistance of his father, the body was thrown inside the well.