Indian teenager dies after being raped and set on fire

[Cavallo]

Source: AFP

New Delhi (AFP) - A 16-year-old Indian girl who was raped and then set on fire on the roof of her home has died, police said Wednesday, the latest in a string of horrific sexual crimes in India.

The teenager, who sustained more than 90 percent burns in Monday's attack, died in hospital early Wednesday, the investigating officer told AFP.

"Unfortunately she could not be saved despite the best efforts of the medical staff," said Ashwani Kumar.

"We have arrested the accused, who is 19 years old and sent him to judicial custody.

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[valerief]

1. No problem. Only a girl. Females are disposable in this world.

We can thank religion for that.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

3. Not the entire world, just in some cultures.

[valerief]

15. What culture values women as much as men? I don't know of any. nt

[Boudica the Lyoness]

18. Western culture.

[valerief]

20. In your dreams. When a woman president is a novelty in the U.S., when U.S.

women earn 75 cents to the dollar of men, when U.S. states legislate left and right to prevent women from having control over their bodies, there's no value of women in western culture.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/06/how-abortion-is-regulated-around-the-world/

And three-in-ten countries (58) allow abortions on request or for any reason, although many of these states do not allow women to terminate their pregnancies after a certain point (e.g., 20 weeks).

In most "abortion on request" countries, women have no control over their bodies after X number of weeks. Women's judgment and lives are not valued.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

22. I must be living my dream.

I've made good money/ran my own business and have always controlled my body.

I am very valued. Always have been.

PS, the UK is also has a 'western culture' and had a woman at the helm for many years.

[valerief]

30. Oh, well, if if life's a dream for you, it must be for every other woman.

That's what you're saying, right?

[Boudica the Lyoness]

31. Yes.

If I can do it anyone can.

Did you not know that western culture included more than the USA?

[valerief]

32. Yes. Did you not know western culture included more than you? Of course not.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

33. 'ave a good giggle...

What is so special about me that I'm living a good life as a woman? I just got on with it and never did find that the world was out to get me because I have a vagina.

< look here's me in a Burger King hat.

PS, think of all the successful women around..... in the western culture. You probably couldn't find any in some other cultures.

[raccoon]

35. "If I can do it anyone can. " Sure, because everyone has the same life experiences you do. nt

[Boudica the Lyoness]

36. What experiences do you think I have had that allowed me to do

what, according to what I have read here, other women in our western culture cannot.

Please tell me what do you believe my extraordinary experiences have been?

I would really appreciate a reply and I will reply tomorrow. Thank you.

[bvar22]

24. The US Military and our Political Leadership don't seem to care...

...about mass murdering innocent women in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Honduras, Colombia, or a dozen other countries in the World. They don't even bother to count the deaths.

[iandhr]

2. Reading stories like this makes me sick.

[Cavallo]

11. Yep. Makes me sick too.

[yuiyoshida]

4. disgusting

how is it life is so cheap there...

[closeupready]

7. Huh? While technically illegal, human slavery thrives in India.

Not only is life cheap, it's bought and sold - illegally, but nevertheless, that's part of the answer.

[NaturalHigh]

5. People who do shit like this deserve nothing more than a shitty cell for life.

I simply can't imagine how people think of shit like this to do to other people.

[crim son]

6. I'm going to go further and say that they deserve a punishment that fits the crime.

In this case I'd really like to see the rapist set on fire himself and allowed to burn for a while. Not to death, of course, but long enough. I didn't used to think in such vindictive terms but I am no longer interested in being compassionate where such crimes are concerned.

[philosslayer]

10. An eye for an eye...

And the whole world goes blind. Life imprisonment is a proper punishment.

[Akicita]

19. So you believe in cruel and unusual punishment. Interesting.

Do you think we should repeal the 4th Amendment?

[crim son]

26. Cruel, yes.

Unusual only because we don't do it regularly.

I'm not American and there is much about this culture that I believe is ridiculous. When I posted I was not actually recommending a course of action but responding with anger, appropriate anger. You think a lifetime in jail isn't cruel? Bullshit. The death penalty? The easy way out but also cruel. Having society support such filth until they shuffle off... yada yada yada.

I have ideas about how those who commit the most heinous offenses should be handled and they do not involve anything more dreadful than forcing them to support themselves and live according to what they earn, separate from the rest of society but in the company of those like them, with no further assistance in any form that they do not create for themselves in their little self-made paradise.

Your thoughts?

[Akicita]

29. You certainly have a right to respond with appropriate anger at this horrific incident.

You seem to be advocating a sort of banishment of those guilty of heinous crimes to maybe an uninhabited island or something where they can only harm themselves. If so, I am 100% in agreement. The most important thing is to remove these sick individuals from society so they can't harm anyone else.

[riderinthestorm]

8. 16 years old. My heart just aches

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

9. My heart aches. How do we live with this? I'd singlehandedly kill the bastard.

[The2ndWheel]

12. Because we don't know this person

Nobody that doesn't know this girl will not go into work tomorrow because of what happened to her. We'll all pay our bills. We'll all make our next meal. Read another book. Watch another show.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

13. It compounds the angst and sadness in my heart. That will continue with me as it grows.

I may forget about this particular girl, but I won't forget that these things happen in supposedly civilized societies. India needs to crack down and HARD until these people stop it.

[Akicita]

14. I wonder if the vast majority of people in India are as horrified as we are at this barbaric act.

I hope so.

Does anyone know if the perp is a member of a protected class so we can start making excuses for him.(Where is that sarcasm thing)

[senz]

16. If the world could pressure India to take action on this problem

it might help. The Indian government needs to expect very unpleasant repercussions if they don't crack down hard on males who rape and otherwise abuse females.

[Akicita]

17. You mean like the way Sweden has suffered very unpleasanrt repercussians for not cracking down hard

on males who rape and otherwise abuse females making Sweden #2 in the world in rapes per capita. Give me a break.
They are actually celebrated by many here on DU for their political correctness in minimalizing the enormous rape problem that has exploded in their country.

[senz]

21. I don't know precisely how it would be done

but I don't think would be impossible to do.

[JI7]

23. they treat males rapists better than rape victims there

[democrank]

27. This is so horrible.

My heart aches for that child.


~Rest in peace~

[Dont call me Shirley]

28. Age 16 girl...

I'm so sorry you had to suffer so, Sister