Child rape cases: Cong says CG stands fifth in India

Raipur, April 30, 2013

Condemning yet another sexual abuse of a girl child in Jashpur, Congress on Tuesday said it was failure of the BJP government in curbing such incidents that put Chhattisgarh in fifth position among states with highest child rape incidents. 

“The latest report of Asian Centre for Human Rights confirms that Chhattisgarh is among those states which have maximum child rape case. Just recently, a girl child in Durg was gangraped and killed. The police have not yet trapped the rapists. Now, similar incident occurs in Jashpur. This is intolerable. The government will have to arrest and punish the rapists quickly,” said state Congress chief Nandkumar Patel and CLP leader Ravindra Choubey.

Indicating towards figures provided by National Crime Records Bureau that said 3688 child rape incidents took place in Chhattisgarh in last 11 years, the duo said the government should the reason for its mysterious silence over the horrible incidents. 

They alleged that the BJP’s politics was based on double standards. “While it is quite vocal in condemning Delhi rape incident, its silence over similar cases in Chhattisgarh is unacceptable,” they said.

“The government was expected to take firm step to check rape incidents after rape cases in Jhaliyamari, Amadula, Koria and Jashpur surfaced. Who has stopped it from taking stern action against rapists,” they asked.

They said rising rape incidents had put state’s law and order in question. “Women and girls are insecure in state. Parents no more trust government’s ashram schools in wake of Jhaliyamari incident. Unfortunately, the government has failed to meet public expectations,” they said.