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Delhi bus rapist blames dead victim for attack because 'girls are
responsible for rape'
'She should just be silent and allow the rape': Mukesh Singh claimed
Jyoti would not have died if she hadn't fought her attackers
LIZZIE DEARDEN Monday 02 March 2015
One of the men convicted of gang raping a woman on a bus in Delhi has
blamed his victim for the fatal attack, saying "girls are far more
responsible for rape" than men.
The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died of horrific injuries two
weeks after being assaulted by six men as she travelled home from the
cinema with a male friend.
Among them was Mukesh Singh, who claims he was driving the bus during
the incident on 16 December 2012 and did not take partIn an interview
with the BBC from prison, where he is awaiting execution, he referred
to the woman's murder as "an accident" caused by her being out at
night.
"A decent girl won't roam around at nine o'clock at night," he said.
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. Boys and girls
are not equal.
"Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and
bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes.
"About 20 per cent of girls are good." A protester lights candles
during a candlelight vigil to mark the first anniversary of the Delhi
gang rape A protester lights candles during a candlelight vigil to
mark the first anniversary of the Delhi gang rape
Police said his victim, known as "Jyoti", meaning "flame", was found
with multiple wounds and had also been raped with metal bars, causing
catastrophic internal injuries.
She and her friend were thrown from the moving bus and 13 days of
extensive medical treatment could not save her.
Jyoti's death sparked a wave of unprecedented protests across India
and the world and five of the perpetrators were sentenced to death.
Activists shout slogans and hold placards as they participate in a
protest against the recent brutal gang-rape in New Delhi Activists
shout slogans and hold placards as they participate in a protest
against the recent brutal gang-rape in New Delhi
The Indian public also gave her other names, including Jagruti
("awareness"), Amanat ("treasure"), Nirbhaya ("fearless one").
BBC Four is airing a documentary on the rape and its impact on 8 March.
Speaking to interviewers for the Storyville programme, to be aired on
International Women's Day, Singh is seen suggesting the rape and
beatings were to teach Jyoti and her friend a lesson.
He criticised her for resisting her attackers, saying: "When being
raped, she shouldn't fight back. A prayer ceremony for the rape victim
in New Delhi A prayer ceremony for the rape victim in New Delhi
"She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they'd have
dropped her off after doing her and only hit the boy."
Her male friend was badly beaten and suffered broken limbs but
survived to testify against Singh and the five other men at their
trial.
Singh was sentenced to death by hanging for Jyoti's rape and murder,
along with four others.
Indian protesters stage a mock hanging scene to demand death sentence
for the four men found guilty of the gang-rape in Delhi Indian
protesters stage a mock hanging scene to demand death sentence for the
four men found guilty of the gang-rape in Delhi
His brother, Ram Singh, was found dead in his jail cell in March 2013
and Mukesh and the remaining three are currently on appeal with their
sentences put on hold.
Their 17-year-old accomplice was also convicted of rape and murder but
sentenced to three years in a reform facility according to Indian
sentencing laws for juvenile offenders.
Singh claimed that executing him and the other convicted rapists will
endanger future rape victims.
"Now when they rape, they won't leave the girl like we did - they will
kill her," he said.
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"Before, they would rape and say, 'Leave her, she won't tell anyone.'
Now when they rape, especially the criminal types, they will just kill
the girl."
Two lawyers who defended the rapists in court were also interviewed
for the documentary.
AP Singh had previously said that if his sister or daughter "disgraced
herself" by being seen with a man, he would "to my farmhouse, and in
front of my entire family, I would put petrol on her and set her
alight".
Children paint messages during a gathering in Delhi to mourn rape
victim Jyoti Singh Pandey Children paint messages during a gathering
in Delhi to mourn rape victim Jyoti Singh Pandey
Another defence lawyer in the case, ML Sharma, said: "In our society,
we never allow our girls to come out from the house after 6.30 or 7.30
or 8.30 in the evening with any unknown person.
"You are talking about man and woman as friends. Sorry, that doesn't
have any place in our society. We have the best culture. In our
culture, there is no place for a woman."
It was a double standard of which Jyoti was well aware. Her former
friend and tutor told the BBC that she said India's biggest problem
was its "mentality" enforcing perceived differences between girls and
boys from birth.
Strict security surrounds Vinay Sharma (wearing white T-shirt), one of
the four men sentenced to hang for fatally raping a young woman on a
bus last December, as he makes his way to court in Delhi in September
Strict security surrounds Vinay Sharma (wearing white T-shirt), one of
the four men sentenced to hang for fatally raping a young woman on a
bus as he makes his way to court in Delhi
Her murder increased scrutiny of the country's staggering levels of
violence against women and provoked promised legal reforms.
Jyoti was working as a physiotherapy intern when she was murdered and
her parents had sold their ancestral lands to pay for her training.
Speaking on the documentary, her father said her death "lit a torch"
for women's rights.
April 22, 2013: An Indian woman holds a poster as she protests with
others against how Indian authorities handle sex crimes near the
Parliament in New Delhi, after a second suspect was arrested in the
rape of a 5-year-old girl. Child rights activists say the rape last
week of the girl is just the latest case in which Indian police failed
to take urgent action on a report of a missing child. Three days after
the attack, the girl was found alone in locked room in the same New
Delhi building where her family lives. An Indian woman holds a poster
as she protests with others against how Indian authorities handle sex
crimes near the Parliament in New Delhi
Her mother added: "Whenever there's a crime, the girl is blamed, 'She
should not go out. She shouldn't roam around so late or wear such
clothes.' It's the boys who should be accused and asked why they do
this."
Storyville - India's Daughter, will air on BBC Four Sunday 8 March at 10pm
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FIR filed against makers of documentary on December 2012 rapists
I&B Ministry advises against broadcast of rape film
The Delhi police on Tuesday filed a First Information Report against
Leslee Udwin and Dibang, the makers of a documentary on the six men
convicted for the gang-rape and murder of a young woman student in
2012. An advisory to news channels asking them to not broadcast the
documentary was also issued by the Information and Broadcasting
Ministry. Police officials said that the move came after Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh sought a report from the Director of the Tihar
jail on the interviews conducted. Udwin and Dibang, meanwhile, denied
allegations that they had filmed inside the prison without obtaining
the required permissions.
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