I hypothesize that women/girls with disabilities are, statistically, more volunerable to crimes against women than their able bodied similarly situated counterparts. That should make an interesting research proposition whether the above hypothesis can be empirically verified and whether it holds up to common sense notion of more volunerability or it is otherwise, or nul hypothesis is proved. The factors behind all possible outcomes can then be studied.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sruti disAbility Rights Centre Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 8:54 AM To: sruti-disability-rights; [email protected]; Ruma Chatterjee; [email protected] Subject: [AI] The Hindu : News / National : Hearing-impaired athlete 'raped,' auto driver held http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3573796.ece#.T-p5p0DOL28.gmail Nearly four months after a differently-abled teenager was allegedly raped by a junior doctor in a State hospital in West Bengal's Bankura district, an auto-rickshaw driver was arrested and remanded in police custody for 14 days on Tuesday for allegedly raping a national-level woman athlete with hearing and speech impairments, in the State's Uttar Dinajpur district. "The victim, who has won medals at the State and national level para-athletic meets, had lodged a complaint at the police station on June 25, that she was raped by an auto-rickshaw driver. Based on her complaint, Ranjit Das (28) was arrested and produced before a district court," Abhijit Dutta, the investigating officer of the case at Hematabad police station in the Raiganj area of the district, told *The Hindu* on telephone. The police officer said that the 25-year-old victim, in her written complaint, had alleged that the accused had raped her while she was returning home in his auto-rickshaw on June 24 evening. She underwent necessary medical tests and the reports are awaited, the officer has said. Former Minister and leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kanti Ganguly, said that after realising that the victim had hearing and speech impairments, the auto driver took her to his house and allegedly raped her instead of dropping her off at her home. Mr. Ganguly, who is also secretary of the Paschim Banga Pratibandhi Sammilani - an organisation working for differently-abled in the State, said that the victim had been honoured by Governor M. K. Narayanan as a role model for the differently-abled last year. Stating that the organisation will provide all necessary support to the victim, he demanded exemplary punishment for the accused. Earlier, in February, when a 19-year-old teenager was allegedly raped in Bankura district, the National Commission for Women had taken a *suo motu*cognisance of the incident, and sought a report from the State government on the action taken in connection with the case. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
