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Two teenagers have been arrested and were being questioned Sunday for allegedly raping a toddler, in the latest incident of sexual violence against a young child in the Indian capital.
Police had formed 15 teams and questioned more than 250 residents of the western Delhi neighborhood where the 2 ½-year-old girl was raped and left bleeding in a park on Friday night, police said.
The two 17-year-old boys were arrested late Saturday, said Dependra Pathak, a top police officer.
The toddler was playing outside her home on Friday when she went missing during a 10-minute power outage in the neighborhood. Family members found the child lying unconscious and bleeding in a park three hours later.
In a separate incident, police on Saturday arrested three men for raping a 5-year-old in an east Delhi suburb.
The rape of the two little girls comes a week after a 4-year-old girl was found dumped near a railway track after being raped and slashed with a blade.
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
This seems to be a mind set in India and I guess it has been going on for centuries, but being reported on more and more because of India's standing on the World stage.
It's sickening for sure, and something we cannot comprehend in the west, but it seems to be part of their culture, unfortunately.
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
I am not suggesting all Indians feel it is part of their culture, but it appears there is a percentage that do.
Otherwise we would not keep hearing about these abhorrent actions.
I appreciate there is a massive poverty gap and there is a large percentage of uneducated people. These are the people who appear to be carrying out these disgusting acts.
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
I am not suggesting all Indians feel it is part of their culture, but it appears there is a percentage that do.
Otherwise we would not keep hearing about these abhorrent actions.
I appreciate there is a massive poverty gap and there is a large percentage of uneducated people. These are the people who appear to be carrying out these disgusting acts.
Not sure I can see how poverty and educational level have anything to do with the act of raping a small child.
I agree that there is some level of acceptance in parts of the culture as it seems to be fairly often we hear about things like this.
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
I am not suggesting all Indians feel it is part of their culture, but it appears there is a percentage that do.
Otherwise we would not keep hearing about these abhorrent actions.
I appreciate there is a massive poverty gap and there is a large percentage of uneducated people. These are the people who appear to be carrying out these disgusting acts.
Not sure I can see how poverty and educational level have anything to do with the act of raping a small child.
I agree that there is some level of acceptance in parts of the culture as it seems to be fairly often we hear about things like this.
I obviously need to make myself much clearer on this. I am in NO WAY excusing these people.
Intractable, because the real problem is us. My fellow Indians and I and our attitudes toward the people who surround us... It's the attitudes that permit a grown man to believe he can rape a 5-year-old and insert objects into her vagina.
It's what allows cops to imagine an acceptable response to this outrage is to offer the family 2,000 rupees—less than 40 American dollars—to go away, along with the reminder that they should “be grateful your daughter is alive.”
It’s what governs the thinking of judges who, in deciding rape cases, advise the woman to marry the man.
originally posted by: Tiamat384
a reply to: Cobaltic1978
Wait. Are you suggesting we take rape as a part of a culture? I reject such a thing.