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Balbir Punj writes:
Now to the alleged rape of a nun in Kandhamal. Such 'Rape of nun by
Hindu fascist' stories have turned out to be false in Jhabua, Jajjhar
and Baripada in the past.
Comment:
One of the falsehoods repeatedly spread by the sangh parivar is that the rape
of nuns never took place at Jhabua or that the rapists were christians
themselves. In this regard, kindly refer to the following report for the true
facts:
Indian Church Hails Severe Sentence In Nun Rape Case
May. 03, 2001
THRISSUR, India, May 3, 01 (CWNews.com) - The Church in India has expressed
"deep satisfaction" over the court judgment sentencing most of the accused in
the 1998 gang rape of four nuns and looting of a remote convent near Jhabua in
central Madhya Pradesh state.
"The belief of the people in the judicial system in the country has been
vindicated by this verdict and it has increased the moral stature of the
judicial system of our country," said Archbishop Oswald Gracias, secretary
general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) on Wednesday.
Describing the judgment as "a just verdict," CBCI has expressed "gratitude
towards those who contributed immensely in bringing the culprits of this
abominable crime to book."
The CBCI statement follows the Jhabua district court verdict of April 28
sentencing ten of the 25 men charged with rape and looting the convent to life
imprisonment and seven others accused of looting only to two to three years of
prison. Six defendants were acquitted.
Bishop George Anathil of Indore, in which Jhabua is located, said, "Justice has
been done to the nuns who were victims of one of the most heinous crimes
committed against women, especially against women dedicated to God, religion,
and the service of society."
"In this context I would like to state once more that none of the accused is a
Christian, though people of vested interests have been proclaiming time and
again that half of the accused were Christian," said Bishop Anathil. He also
said that the Christian community had consistently demanded a fair inquiry to
bring those guilty of this horrible crime to justice, irrespective of their
religious or other affiliations.
However, the local prelate has cautioned Christian institutions and Church
workers in the area to take precautionary measures to avoid any further attacks
by the Bhils (all the accused belong to the Bhil tribe), given the community's
tendency to take revenge.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=15432
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