NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh police has come under fire for its "insensitive" handling of the Aarushi murder case. While union minister Renuka Chowdhury has asked her officials to investigate whether the cops violated laws meant for the protection of minors by their public disclosure of an alleged liaison between the child and family servant Hemraj, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has also objected to the stigmatisation of the minor.
Speaking to TOI , Chowdhury, who holds the charge of woman and child development, said, "I have asked ministry officials to look into the legal violations by the police in the Arushi murder case."
On Friday, the UP police insinuated that the 14-year-old girl fell victim to an "honour killing" after her father Rajesh Talwar — now the prime accused — found Aarushi and Hemraj in an "objectionable position". Both Brij Lal, ADG, Special Task Force, and Gurdarshan Singh, IGP (Meerut zone), had suggested that this was the immediate provocation for the murders.
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Too often, in dishonor killings cases, the victim's reputation is besmirched with little to no evidence. For example, in Jordan, the World Bank looked at all the known cases of dishonor killings in 1997. Through post-mortem examinations of the bodies, they found that a full 95% of the victims were virgins at the times of their deaths.
It's in the perpetrator's interests to cite immoral behavior on the part of the victim to garner public sympathy and set the stage for lenient sentencing. We should all remain skeptical unless and until actual evidence is brought forth. And, even then, to summarily execute for such a reason. . .well, it's just an egregious violation of basic human rights.
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
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