Rapists killed by mobs in different incidents in Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)/Bhubaneswar (Odisha) – In two separate incidents in Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha, lustful men who raped and sexually abused girls and women were killed by mobs.

Rapist killed by dragging him out of the police station in Arunachal Pradesh

1. A mob in Arunachal Pradesh’s Roing area dragged a teenager out of a Police station and lynched him to death on Friday afternoon, reportedly over his alleged involvement in several cases of sexual assault of minor girls. The teenager, a migrant from Assam, used to work in the Roing town of Lower Dibang Valley. Some reports suggested that he was 17 years old and was a construction labourer.

2. The deceased allegedly used to sexually assault girls, aged between six and eight years old, of Mount Carmel School, Roing by taking advantage of lax security to get into the hostel.

Mob Justice or Desperation? 😡

In Arunachal Pradesh, a teen rape accused was lynched by a mob.

In Odisha, women who were his victims killed a 60-year-old rapist & burned his body. 🔥

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Parents’ attention was drawn to the incident after they took their daughters to the hospital when they complained of abdominal pain and other issues, said the report.

3. Local residents of Roing, in the Lower Dibang Valley district of the state, became aware of the incident and gathered outside the Police station on Friday afternoon, where the accused was detained after arrest. The mob barged inside the Police station, dragged him out and thrashed him, leaving him with severe injuries.

In Odisha, female victims killed the rapist and burned his body in the forest

A 60-year-old rapist was killed in Gajapati district of Odisha and his body was burned. In this case, the police have arrested 10 people, including eight women and two men. The Police recovered the bones and ashes of the deceased from a hill near the forest, which is approximately 2 km from the village. The Police said that all the women arrested were victims of sexual assault.

Women decide to kill lustful man after raping a widow

The Police said that the man who was killed had been sexually abusing women for a long time. On 3rd June, he raped a 52-year-old widow. After the incident came to light, the women held a meeting and decided to kill the accused. Police had said that all these women went to the accused’s house. He was sleeping at that time. After that, the women killed the accused by attacking him with an axe and then took his body to the forest and burnt it.

Editorial Perspective

In India, because rapists do not get immediate and severe punishment, mobs are taking the law into their own hands and killing rapists is increasing in many places. Taking note of this, will the Government take steps to prosecute rapists quickly and punish them severely ?