{"id":26696,"date":"2020-06-04T18:06:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=26696"},"modified":"2020-06-04T18:06:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:36:21","slug":"rape-not-now-uncommon-in-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=26696","title":{"rendered":"Rape not now uncommon in Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>3 year old baby allegedly raped by neighbour<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Srinagar:<\/strong> Rape incidents, particularly involving minors are not now uncommon in Kashmir-once known as \u2018Valley of Saints\u2019. A fresh incident of alleged rape of 3 year old baby sent shock waves among locals in a Southern area on Thursday. The accused also a minor has been arrested by police while investigation has been set into motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shocking incident has occurred in Wuyan Khrew area of South Kashmir\u2019s Pulwama district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A police official told news agency KNT that father (name withheld) of a three year old girl approached police post Khrew and lodged a written complaint that his 3 year old baby (name withheld) has been raped by 13 year old Faisal Reyaz Malik, also a resident of Wuyan Pampore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accordingly police arrested the accused and filed an FIR vide number 28\/2020 under section 376, 3\/4 PASCO ACT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Locals while demanding stern action against the accused lamented over the degradation of moral values in society. \u201cIt is not the same Kashmir where people used to follow and propagate highest degrees of moral values and ethics. Now, parents handover cell phones to children not knowing it\u2019s repercussions. Access to porn sites, YouTube on internet emboldens children while their parents never bother to emphasis on moral values,\u201d said a local Javaid Ahmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple of days ago, a 14 year old girl was found 8 months pregnant after allegedly being raped by a relative in South Kashmir\u2019s Shangus area. The family members said that the accused, a man living in their neighbourhood, is a relative of the victim&#8217;s mother, and would visit their home on one pretext or another. The accused, 35 years old, now in police custody hails from Uttersoo area of Anantnag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From past decade, Kashmir witnessed a surge in rape incidents, most of them go un-noticed. Rape is a stigmatized crime wherein aspersions are cast on the victim instead of the accused. This emboldens menfolk who bank heavily on a female\u2019s silence to preserve her honour. It is also very easy to put the blame on the woman for bringing out the beast in a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, a 25 year old youth Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat, even didn\u2019t spare a 13 year old mentally and physically challenged girl and raped her in South Kashmir\u2019s Shopian district. After the investigation, police had confirmed the rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A young man said that local Journalists in Valley don\u2019t usually report rape incidents. \u201cLet them show mirror to the society, that will be a great service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuch incidents are bound to occur in a degraded and morally corrupt society where materialism has crept in so deep that parents forget to imbibe moral values and never bother to impart moral principles to their children,\u201d said an elderly man to KNT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 year old baby allegedly raped by neighbour Srinagar: Rape incidents, particularly involving minors are not now uncommon in Kashmir-once known as \u2018Valley of Saints\u2019. A fresh incident of alleged rape of 3 year old baby sent shock waves among locals in a Southern area on Thursday. 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