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This is the shocking moment a violent mob broke into an Indian prison
and kidnapped an alleged rapist before stripping him naked and beating
him to death in front of a jeering crowd.
Taking justice into their own hands, the gang today overpowered security
at the Central Jail in the city of Dimapur and grabbed the man, who
allegedly raped a female student multiple times last month.
According to local media reports, he died while being dragged four miles
through the streets as people beat and pelted him with stones.
The horrific attack on the man, who had not been convicted of rape,
comes amid rising anger over the high rate of sexual violence in the
country.
Lynched: The gang overpowered security at the Central Jail in the city
of Dimapur and grabbed the man before beating him to death. It is
unclear whether he is dead in this shocking image
Shocking: The man allegedly raped a student from a local women's college
multiple times in February and he was arrested a day later
He has been identified as a 35-year-old used car trader, according to The Indian Express.
The man allegedly raped a student from a local women's college on February 24, and he was arrested a day later.
'A mass protest rally against the rape was held at Dimapur this morning
after which students and angry people forced into the district jail and
managed to pull out the accused,' the Press Trust of India news agency said.
It has been reported the crowd tore down two gates before dragging him to the town's clock tower.
It's said they also set fire to homes and shops in an area where the suspect ran his business.
Several people were injured when police used batons and opened fire,
while officers were hurt when the mob pelted them with stones in
Nagaland state in northeast India. The police later removed the man's
body.
'The situation is very tense,' town police superintendent Meren Jamir told the Hindustan Times. 'We are trying our very best to restore order.'
Accused: The alleged rapist has been identified as a 35-year-old used car trader, according to The Indian Express
Protesters: A mass rally was held in Dimapur today by those who oppose the rape of a student last month
India is already in midst of a raging controversy over a government
order to ban the broadcast of a documentary about the December 2012
gang-rape of a young student.
The incident, which sparked outrage both in India and around the world,
highlighted the frightening level of violence against women in the
country.
Horror: The crew obtained an interview with killer Mukesh Singh, who said the student was to blame
The Indian government has also asked YouTube to block access to the
documentary, claiming that its broadcast violated certain key agreements
with the filmmaker.
But the Delhi gang-rape victim's father has called on all countrymen to
watch the documentary, which showed his daughter's killer blaming the
student for 'being out at night'.
India's Daughter was described as the 'bitter truth' by the young
woman's father after it quoted the views of her rapist Mukesh Singh, who
is on death row over the 2012 attack.
The film by award-winning Briton Leslee Udwin, who produced 1999 indie
hit East is East, was due to air on the BBC and Indian news channel NDTV
to mark International Women's Day this Sunday.
But it was dropped by NDTV following the ban and the BBC brought forward
its screening to last night, citing a strong public interest.
Today India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh vowed there would be
consequences for the Corporation, telling NDTV: 'We had asked to not
release the documentary but BBC still released it.
'We will investigate and the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) will take
action accordingly. The conditions have been breached so action will be
taken accordingly. I won't comment any further.'
The hour-long documentary aired as part of the long-running Storyville
series on BBC Four, and is believed to have been accessed by many in
India online.
Today the victim's family showed their support for the film, saying the
rapist's comments had to be be exposed because they expressed how many
people still think.
'Everyone should see it': The father of the New Delhi bus gang-rape
victim (pictured left with her mother) has urged his countrymen to watch
a BBC documentary on the crime despite India's government banning it
The victim's father, who is named in the documentary but kept anonymous by some international news agencies, told NDTV the film was 'the bitter truth'.
'Everyone should watch the film,' he said. 'If a man can speak like that
in jail, imagine what he would say if he was walking free?'
When being raped, she shouldn't fight back. She should just be silent
and allow the rape... A girl is far more responsible for rape than a
boy.
Rapist Mukesh Singh
The victim's mother added she did not object to the ban but believed Singh's views were widespread in India.
'I don't care what the government does, bans the film, doesn't ban the
film, the only thing I know is that nobody is afraid,' she said. 'It is
not only Mukesh who thinks like this.'
Mukesh Singh was one of five men convicted over the rape and murder of
the physiotherapy student, who was lured aboard a bus along with a
friend in December 2012.
Once inside, bus driver Singh, his brother Ram, gym instructor Vinay
Sharma, 20, bus cleaner Akshay Thakur, 28, fruit-seller Pawan Gupta, 19,
and an unnamed teenager launched the attack.
The attackers beat her friend and took turns raping the woman. They
penetrated her with a rod, leaving severe internal injuries that caused
her death.
She died a fortnight later after suffering terrible injuries to her abdomen, genitals and intestines.
Her death prompted mass protests and led to speedier trials and tougher penalties for rape.
Protest: The woman's death sparked outrage in India with many taking to
the New Delhi streets to demand better protection for women and a change
in a culture which sees them as second-class citizens
Mass protests: The December 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young
physiotherapy student highlighted the frightening level of violence
against women in India and led to a major reform of the country's rape
laws
Yet many still hold the firm belief that women are subservient -
illustrated by convict Singh, who told the documentary his victim would
still be alive if she had not objected.
'When being raped, she shouldn't fight back,' he said. 'She should just
be silent and allow the rape... Then they'd have dropped her off after
"doing her", and only hit [her friend] the boy.'
He claimed 'you can't clap with one hand - it takes two' and insisted: 'A decent girl won't roam around at 9 o'clock at night.
'A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. Boy and girl 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.'
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