Over the years, without respite, the country has become mostly inured to this never-ending criminal disaster. Thus, it’s first of all rather surprising that India has become seriously roiled by the violent gang-rape of one 19-year-old woman in a field in UP’s Hathras district on September 14. Immediately after the young woman died on September 29, even under the full glare of national media, the Uttar Pradesh police seized her body, transported it back to Hathras, and cremated it themselves. All of this is playing out on national television and social media in an extremely disturbing lowlight reel, and unmistakable indication that the Indian state is failing in fundamentally important ways. It is hard not to agree with acclaimed journalist Rana Ayyub, who promptly tweeted: “Booked under terror law.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 08, 2020 17:37 UTC