Vishwa Thacker – Mumbai Uncensored, 22nd January 2022
How far can we go to protect the ones we love? What are the limits we are capable of breaking? Question arises, do we trust the judiciary or take the law in our own hands?
India witnesses around 88 rape cases every day. Estimates state that around 100,000 minors are raped each year in India. Unfortunately, not every case gets registered. But what about cases that get registered but no justice is served? Something similar happened a day back, where frustrated with delaying judiciary, a father took the law in his hands and killed his daughter’s accused rapist.
Dilshad Hussain, a resident of Muzaffarpur in Bihar was accused of kidnapping and raping a sixteen-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. The victim’s father has served as a BSF jawan.
The story
The retired jawan lived with daughter and his family near Patnaghat Tirahe in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj village. The accused Dilshad Hussain belonged to Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. The accused used to run a puncture shop in front of the victim’s house. On 12 February, 2020, Dilshad abducted the minor girl and raped her. She told about this incident to her father, following which they filed a complaint.
Dilshad Hussain was charged under the POCSO act on 17 February 2020. (The act defines various forms of sexual abuse including penetrative and non-penetrative assaults as well as sexual harassment). The case went on for two years. Not only was the justice delayed, the accused was roaming freely on bail.
After waiting for two years, the retired army jawan shot Dilshad dead in front of the court of Gorakhpur on 21 January 2022. Instead of running away, he surrendered. Police officials including ADG zone, SP, SSP reached the scene. The jawan has been arrested, but remains proud.
