"gang-rape of Swiss tourist in India: woman must share blame for attack, say police"
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/six-men-arrested-over-gangrape-of-swiss-tourist-in-india-woman-must-shareblame-for-attack-say-police-8537818.html
“No one stops there,” he said. “Why did they choose that place? They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They would have passed a police station on the way to the area they camped. They should have stopped and asked about places to sleep.”
Neerja Ahlawat, sociologist and deputy director of the women’s studies centre at Maharshi Dayanand University in Haryana said: “This is typical of all the cases that take place in India. The police don’t want to take responsibility. Indian women are not safe, in small towns, villages or the big cities, partly because the police are not assuming responsibility for keeping women safe. They blame the dark, the clothes a woman wears, everything but their shirking of their duties.”
The Chambal valley region, where the rape took place, is renowned in India for being lawless and a refuge for some of its most infamous dacoits, or bandits. Criminals who seek refuge in this barren region of ravines and scrubland can often evade capture for years. Local reports last night suggested that five of the suspects had confessed to raping the woman, but Inspector Budholiya said they had not admitted to being involved.
Police have recovered 5,500 rupees (£67), a laptop and a mobile belonging to the couple, and confiscated a rifle from the suspects. The men operate an illicit distillery near the area where the rape occurred.
The Swiss foreign ministry, which issued a statement condemning the rape, advises Swiss tourists to avoid travelling at night in India.
Madhya Pradesh has one of the highest rates of rape in India.
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