Nation shamed, Delhi Police failure exposed

Entire nation is shocked and outraged over the most shameful act - the rape of 23 year old paramedic- in national capital Delhi. It hangs our head in shame. A Para medical student was raped in moving bus in South Delhi on Sunday evening. She was raped, brutally tortured and thrown naked along with her friend out of the moving bus. It is most horrible and the rapists deserve to be hanged till death. They even do not deserve any legal recourse. Their act is so outrageous that they must be bound by a poll in the open and whipped up till death in full public view. The 23-tear old Para-medic and her friend took a bus to return to home after watching a movie. Just after she and her friend stepped into the bus, the crew members started taunting and molesting her and when her friend objected, he was beaten and locked in the cabin of the bus. All the crew members numbering about four to five took the girl by turn to rape and after that they were thrown out of the moving bus by the roadside. The girl was so sexually and physically tortured that even the doctor attending on her at Safdarjang hospital has reportedly said that he had not seen such a grievous rape victim so far. The rape incident is so horrible that the body hair stands on end in fear. It shows that Delhi is the most unsafe place for women despite its being the national capital. They can not move out of their residence after the dusk. The raping incident in the bus reportedly continued for 90 minutes and during the period it reportedly passed by three PCRs, but no notice was taken by Delhi police. Undoubtedly, there is no fear of Delhi police among the goondas, criminals, rapists and anti-social elements. They are only tough with law abiding Delhiites. This is not the first time that Delhi has been shamed with rape. It was in the year 2005 that Delhi earned the dubious tag of ‘rape capital’ when the number of rape cases reached a record high — 660 in a year. The police took a number of measures and as a result the cases came down to 452 in 2009. But rape cases are again on the rise and for the first time in six years the number has crossed the 600-mark this year. Till December 15 this year, 635 cases of rape were registered across the city and despite the fact that there are still 15 days left for the month, the number of rape cases are highest in six years. Cases of molestation have also seen a rise as 653 cases were reported in 2011 against 601 cases in 2010. Quick deterrent punishment must be awarded to rapist so that it could have impact in society against the heinous and barbaric act of rape. Parliament was in unison in amending law to award capital punishment for rape. Leader of the opposition Sushama Swaraj made demand of capital punishment to rapist. The ruling as well as opposition in both Houses of Parliament has spoken in one voice in awarding punishment to rapists. When the woman is not safe in national capital Delhi where the Chief Minister is a woman, Lok Sabha Speaker is woman, leader of the ruling Congress Party and opposition BJP is woman, how can we expect them to be safe in other cities and small towns of the nation? Sunday night rape of para-medic in South Delhi is a telling commentary on the failure of Delhi police. Delhi police strike fear into common innocent Delhiites. Its slogan is farce. They are always away from help and that goes in favour of criminals and anti-social. Some head's must roll and being the head, it is total failure of Delhi Police Commissioner. The Sunday night rape incident reflects callous negligence of Delhi police in providing safety to women.