NE Helpline Condemns the Guwahati Street Mob Molestation
Imphal, (Manipur), July 12, 2012
North East Support Centre and Helpline condemn the mob molestation of 17 years old girl at Guwahati. Tarun Gogoi Government must act before Guwahati becomes rape metropolitan city of the region.
According to a source reaching to NE Helpline, the incident happened when a student of Class XI was returning on July 9; a mob of numbering around 20 attacked the girl and outraged her modesty. The girl continued to suffer for 30 minutes before Police came to the spot. The law enforcing agencies of Assam failed to arrest the culprits until the pressure mounted through media. If delay in taking action against the culprits will encourage the perpetrators to continue to commit such crimes in future.
The Guwahati city has witnessed another ugly street stripping off a tribal woman during protest procession on 24 November 2007. The local businessmen chased the protestors. They stripped off a woman protestors on Guwahati street and kicked on her belly.
North East Support Centre and Helpline express the deep concern about the safety of women in the state. According National Crime Records Bureau, the state of Assam has third crimes against women.
North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is combined initiative of various human rights activists, social workers, students, journalists, and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to women, North East People, and tribal communities of different states.
Released by
Madhu Chandra
Spokesperson – NE Helpline
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