The ‘lost’ people, Darjeeling rapes, and Punjab death sentence
The July 25 roundup of Note This: highlights from NewsTracker and more
There is a lot that remains invisible about India’s transgender community, including the fact that journalists pay transgenders scant attention. Men and women have their champions in the news media, but, as Rachana Mudraboyina asks Manisha Koppala, what about people who don’t fit into these categories — where do their stories go?
In I Think, which captures public opinion on the news reporting of rape and sexual violence from across India, we feature Sadam Hussain, who points out how minorities and incidents outside metros seldom make news coverage. And Mugil Chandran from Chennai speaks of how a rapist might be a victim of his own actions.
Editor’s pick
A large number of rape cases are reported in India. Why, then, do some gather more media attention than others? NewsTracker’s Karuna Banerjee investigates in The anatomy of a ‘high-profile’ rape case.
Across India: daily round-up
Amidst mounting pressure from the opposition, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has recommended a CBI inquiry in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape of 29 minor girls. He said this would prevent further rumour-mongering about the case which has become a hotbed for political oneupmanship. Meanwhile, the state women’s commission chairperson has alleged that she had found evidence of abortion at the shelter home, reports The Telegraph. And the National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the chief secretary and the DGP of Bihar, asking for a report in two weeks.
In Darjeeling, five men have been arrested in two separate cases of raping minor girls. A Punjab court has awarded a death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a minor girl in 2016. Responding to this disturbing trend, the Supreme Court has voiced concern about the dormant Nirbhaya funds and has suggested that the National Legal Services Authority’s scheme to compensate victims of sexual assault should also include child victims.
Full list
This daily roundup is curated from the RSS feeds of 11 newspapers from across India. You can see a list of other rape and sexual violence cases reported today, and from before, on this Google Sheet.
