Close X
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
ADVT 
International

Kotkhai Rape Case: Australian Woman Starts Online Petition

IANS, 21 Jul, 2017 12:19 PM

    Moved by the recent rape-murder of a 16-year-old girl in Himachal Pradesh, a large number of people have joined hands in Australia and moved an online petition seeking justice for the victim.

     

    Led by a Kotkhai-origin woman Ruchika Chauhan--the victim too belonged to this place--the group initiated its campaign on July 14.

     

    Besides justice for the minor, the activist want to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards the growing drug abuse in Himachal, a menace that has largely gone unreported so far. The minor girl is also learnt to have been drugged before being raped and strangulated.

     

    So far, the petition has gathered over 6,000 participants. It has appealed to Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and other powerful decision makers to deliver justice and address the root cause of this incident --the rising tide of drug and alcohol abuse in Himachal.

     

     

    "As a group, we are ethnic Himachalis from the Kotkhai region where the murdered girl is from. But it is not who we are, why we are doing this is important. We can no longer accept that incidents like this 'happen all the time' and that authorities have things 'under control'.

     

    Instead, it is our collective responsibility to influence society towards a better end. This petition seeks the right of the murdered girl's family, and of every family in the state to live freely under rule of law," says Ruchika.

     

     

    The petitioner has been encouraging people to participate in the petition, also reaching via Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/KotkhaiPetition and https://twitter.com/KotkhaiPetition

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Victory For India As International Court Of Justice Stays Kulbhushan Jadhav Execution In Pakistan

    Victory For India As International Court Of Justice Stays Kulbhushan Jadhav Execution In Pakistan
    In a unanimous and binding decision, the UN's top court said the status quo should be maintained pending final decision to be taken in the case that has brought ties between the two rival neighbours to a new low.

    Victory For India As International Court Of Justice Stays Kulbhushan Jadhav Execution In Pakistan

    Indian-Origin Man Philip Abraham Elected As Mayor Of Populous Loughton Town UK

    Indian-Origin Man Philip Abraham Elected As Mayor Of Populous Loughton Town UK
    Philip Abraham has been serving as the deputy mayor for the last one year. He has taken over the role from previous mayor Carol Davis.

    Indian-Origin Man Philip Abraham Elected As Mayor Of Populous Loughton Town UK

    Indian Scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni Wins Million-Dollar Dan David Prize

    Indian Scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni Wins Million-Dollar Dan David Prize
    Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the prestigious Dan David prize for his contribution in the field of astronomy.

    Indian Scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni Wins Million-Dollar Dan David Prize

    British PM Theresa May Makes Poll Pledge To Clamp Down On Immigration

    British PM Theresa May Makes Poll Pledge To Clamp Down On Immigration
    Theresa May on Thursday unveiled her Conservative Party's election manifesto that makes cutting immigration from countries like India, a central poll pledge if her party wins the June 8 general election.

    British PM Theresa May Makes Poll Pledge To Clamp Down On Immigration

    US Woman Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man

    US Woman Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man
    A white police officer in the southern city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American man, US news reports said on Thursday.

    US Woman Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man

    Times Square 'Attack': One Dead, 'Multiple Casualties' After Speeding Car Hits Pedestrians

    Times Square 'Attack': One Dead, 'Multiple Casualties' After Speeding Car Hits Pedestrians
    A speeding car crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and seriously causing multiple injuries, witnesses said.

    Times Square 'Attack': One Dead, 'Multiple Casualties' After Speeding Car Hits Pedestrians