No respite in crime against women in Madhya Pradesh

The incident in Guna has once again brought forth the plight of women in our society even after so many decades of independence.

Guna: It will be shameful and debilitating indeed to know about what happened with a pregnant woman in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. You will not be able to think and understand anything for long after knowing the plight of the woman. Maybe you would be in shock for many days or months. The crime that happened in Guna is that of a woman, who suffers being a woman. The incident of Guna has once again brought forth the plight of women in our society even after so many decades of independence!

What happened on February 9?

It was February 9. The day was Tuesday. Banskhedi village under Sirsi Police Station area of Guna was the place. She abandoned her husband despite the fact that she is five months old pregnant. Her husband says that he can’t keep her any longer with him. Later, her father-in-law and husband’s brother came and asked her to go home but the woman refused. After which she was beaten while crossing the limits of cruelty. A teenager from the village was made to sit on the woman’s shoulder and was forced to walk barefoot on a bumpy road for three kilometres. On the way, the woman was beaten with sticks and was hit with stones as well.

Kept beating for three kilometres

The name of the village where the woman was staying is Sangai. Imagine a woman who was made to walk barefoot for about three kilometres from her in-laws’ place to Banskhedi, despite the fact that she was carrying a five months old baby in her stomach. All limits of humanity were crossed. No one came forward to her rescue.

The woman was living with another boy

The woman belongs to Dagdafla village of Gram Panchayat Rai under Bamori assembly constituency. She comes from the Bhil community. The woman was first married to a young man, a resident of Banskhedi village. Later, she moved to Sangai with another young man. The woman was abandoned by her husband, after which she was living with another man. It angered her in-laws and they committed the act of barbarity to the woman.

What did the woman say?

The woman said that at first in-laws beat her up. Her husband had gone out of the house to work in the field at the time of the incident. She was alone at home. After the assault, the in-laws made her husband’s brother sit on her shoulder. After this, she was asked to visit Banskhedi village, that is, the place of her former in-laws. This route is three kilometres long. At the same time, when the woman opposed it, she was forced to comply with it. The woman said that she has a pregnancy of five months in her stomach. Still the father-in-law and the elder brother of her husband kept dragging her, beating her on the feet with stones, and bats. During this time my husband also called his family and asked them not to beat me but no one listened to him.

What did the police say?

Police have registered a case against the accused under Section 294, Section 323, and Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. All the sections are bailable. They can be punished for three months to two years. Guna SP Rajiv Kumar Mishra said that the incident happened before he took charge of his office. Two or three different videos of this incident have gone viral on social media. Sirsi Police has registered a case against four people including woman’s former in-laws under different sections of the IPC for beating her.

Leader of opposition Kamal Nath slams govt

Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath has tweeted, stating that the incident with a pregnant woman in Banskhedi village of Guna district of the state is very embarrassing, and is going to destroy humanity. A young man was seated on a pregnant woman’s shoulder and bare feet. She was paraded in a procession during which she was beaten brutally with sticks all the way. He said that Shivraj ji, how are we living in the state? Is this your good governance? What is this inhuman treatment of a woman? A woman’s sanctity was destroyed and there is no stopping to it? Where is your police administration sleeping?

What HM Narrotam Mishra said?

Home Minister Narottam Mishra described the Guna incident as tragic and said that the Superintendent of Police has been instructed to take action against the guilty. He said that non-bailable sections will be imposed against the accused. The Home Minister said that the incident took place on February 9.

Who is the culprit of Guna incident

Now the question arises who are the culprits of the Guna incident? Is there a government, maybe not! Certainly, we, society and our thinking are responsible for what happened in Guna. Those who feel such incidents are nothing more than mere news – they are responsible for this. We the people who have no sensibility for our own people are responsible. All those are responsible who do not even show pity over the suffering of a pregnant woman. We all are responsible for incidents like Guna as we think that woman has just become a mere spectacle.