There has always been a demand for tougher punishment for all rapists in India for a long time now but nothing has happened yet. Safety for women has become a serious issue today. The nirbhaya case shocked the world on account of its gruesome and cruel motives behind the incident.
However, a 23-year old girl from Kerala punished a swami brutally, who had allegedly been raping her since she was studying in high school. On Friday night, a girl called the Thiruvananthapuram police department control room and informed them that she chopped off the private part of a swami who was trying to rape her. As per the police, the incident took place around 11.30pm, and by 12.30 am, the accused Sreehari alias Ganeshananda Theerthapada Swami was admitted in the Medical College hospital Thiruvananthapuram, and his condition was declared to be critical at that time. The police told TNM that the Godman was a regular visitor to the girl’s house at Kannamula in Thiruvananthapuram and that he used to pray for her father who was suffering from paralysis. The girl was also aware that the Swami would visit on Friday so she hid a knife just for safety purposes before he arrived.
This is the best step to take against this kind of inhuman nature of people. This is such a wake up call for the Indian government to take some drastic measures to increase the security so that women can feel safer in our country. Our women should feel free to go anywhere without having any scare whatsoever at the back of their minds. That girl demonstrated true courage in doing what she did to protect her dignity. No man has the right to violate a woman’s dignity and character, they should definitely be taught a serious lesson!