A 28-year-old trainee nun was allegedly gang-raped by three youths, including two cousins, after holding her forcibly for about a week in Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, according to the Times of India.
The two cousins — Jatindra Subhasunder and Jogendra Subhasunder — were arrested, while the third accused was still at large, Kandhamal district Additional Superintendent of Police Gobind Chandra Mallick said.
The victim, who was being trained as a nun at the St Mary Convent in Chennai, received a call from a woman informing her that her mother was in serious condition, police said, quoting the FIR.
As reported by the Time of India, she was taken to unidentified places, including Gajapati district, where the two cousins along with a third man allegedly raped her for a week before dropping her back at the railway station in Berhampur on July 11 with a threat not to disclose the incident to anyone.
Police believe the attack may have been an act of revenge because the victim's brother was previously thought to have been involved with the death of one suspect's father.
The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has already spoken out against the attack, calling the assault "physical and emotional terrorism" on a woman who had devoted her life to god, according to Catholic World News.
“Rape is an abhorrent crime and an abominable transgression against the honor of women and reflects [the] abysmal state of women in our society, community and nation,” Cardinal Oswald Gracias said.
Attention to sexual violence against women in India, and calls to prevent such assaults, have increased ever since the outrage over the brutal gang-rape last winter of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi. The woman died from injuries she sustained during the attack.
Attention to sexual violence against women in India, and calls to prevent such assaults, have increased ever since the outrage over the brutal gang-rape last winter of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi. The woman died from injuries she sustained during the attack.
In March, parliament passed legislation for stricter penalties in sexual assault cases.
Still, disturbing cases continue to emerge, including that of another attack on a group of school girls reported. Eight suspects are being questioned in the rape of four girls between the ages of 12 and 14 who were taken from a convent boarding house in a town in eastern India. Medical tests confirmed that the girls were sexually assaulted.
Still, disturbing cases continue to emerge, including that of another attack on a group of school girls reported. Eight suspects are being questioned in the rape of four girls between the ages of 12 and 14 who were taken from a convent boarding house in a town in eastern India. Medical tests confirmed that the girls were sexually assaulted.
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