CBI<\/a> Special Court judge in Panchkula sentenced Jaswanti, Jai and driver Satish to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs 50,000 each. Jaswanti was convicted for abetment of rape, causing hurt, unlawful compulsory labour, criminal intimidation, cruelty to children and running a prostitution ring.<\/p>\nJai was convicted of rape, voluntarily causing hurt, unlawful compulsory labour and criminal intimidation. Satish was convicted of rape, unlawful compulsory labour, and criminal conspiracy.<\/p>\n
The judge sentenced Jaswant to rigorous imprisonment of seven years for rape. Simmi and two Apna Ghar employees, Sheela (also a cousin) and Veena, were convicted but set free on the basis of already undergone sentences.<\/p>\n
The CBI, during its investigations, found that a deaf and mute inmate had been raped and forced to imbibe liquor by Jai. She delivered a baby girl in September 2012 and a DNA test later revealed that Jai was the biological father of the child. The victim had identified the convict during the investigations and trial with the help of an interpreter. Another deaf and mute victim was found to be sexually exploited at the shelter home and her teeth broken during an assault by Jaswanti. The medical examination of another victim revealed that she too had been raped.<\/p>\n
At least nine children had been \u201cillegally and unauthorisedly (sic) given away by Jaswanti to different persons and (that) she had taken money in lieu of these children\u201d, said the chargesheet which also mentioned that some of these children were taken to Delhi for prostitution.<\/p>\n
These horrendous incidents are, however, only the tip of the iceberg. Many such cases go unreported because of fear among the inmates or suppression of facts by the authorities. Also, the abuse is so ram-pant that in most cases the most dangerous place for the victims is their own home.<\/p>\n
A nationwide study by the Women and Child Development ministry in 2007 had come to the conclusion that about 53 percent of all children faced rape and child sexual abuse.<\/p>\n
Another study found that the culprits were often the victim\u2019s father (14 percent), uncle (33 percent) and even grandfather (3 percent). Others include cousin (14 percent), neighbour (14 percent) and teacher (10 percent). There are only about one percent cases in which strangers or persons unknown to the victim are involved.<\/p>\n
The nation needs to pay urgent attention to this menace. For that, it is important to spread awareness and, more important, educate parents and children themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence Increasing incidents of rape and molestation of children in supposedly safe havens (shelter homes) reveal the revolting exploitation of kids ~By Vipin Pubby\u00a0 Society seems to have touched new lows as re-ports of rape and molestation of children come in from various parts of the country. Caretakers and relatives have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[189],"tags":[17320,1965,80,8615,29973],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/IL\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Abuse-in-Shelter-Homes-Dens-of-Depravity.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}