Palakkad rape case: ABVP burnt effigy of Kerala CM in JNU

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad burnt the effigy of Kerala CM in JNU demanding that the Kerala government should bring to book the three accused who were acquitted by a local court in the case of alleged rape and suicide of two minor sisters in Palakkad two years ago.

New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Wednesday took out a protest march and burnt the effigy of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan demanding that the Kerala government should bring to book the three accused who were acquitted by a local court in the case of alleged rape and suicide of two minor sisters in Palakkad two years ago.

A Special Court last week acquitted the three accused in the alleged sexual assault and murder of two minor girls in Walayar in 2017.

"In Kerala women are subjected to various forms of atrocities. The accused in the rape case of two minor Dalit girls should be hanged. The communists in the campus are silent over the issue as the Kerala government is a left government. They show only selective outrage," said Valentina Brahma, a PhD student.

"Two Dalit girls were raped one was 13 years while another was 11 years of age. The accused are related to the Left government in the state. The pseudo communist sitting here in Campus are silent," said ABVP activist Manish Jangid.

We want justice for the victims at any cost. We will raise our voices against this with strong protest and punish the accused, he added.

The police had arrested three men identified as V Madhu, Shibu and M Madhu in the case and charged them under various Sections of the Protection of Child against Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.

The 13-year-old minor girl had allegedly committed suicide in January 2017 while the younger girl was found dead almost two months later. The post mortem had found that both the girls were subjected to sexual assault.

The three persons had allegedly raped an eleven-year-old and a 13-year-old girl inside latter's house in Palakkad.

ABVP activist Manish Jangid said that in today's environment, left and rape have become synonymous with each other. We will raise our voices with a strong protest till the accused are punished, he said.