A woman separated years ago from an alcoholic husband, not suspecting that her new partner would target her teenage daughter. The story could have been different, if he hadn’t returned home quickly from work.
Uttar Pradesh sounds far away and unknown to the world. A little less now, after what a mother did in defense of her daughter.
This state in northern India made news for an event that became one of the most read internationally.
Last month, a young teenage girl lay at home waiting for her mother to return from work, never imagining that her stepfather would criminally turn against her.
At just 14 years old, she had to fight with the subject so that he would not sexually abuse her. What would happen next would end in the worst way, but for the abuser.
The newspaper Times of India He was in charge of revealing the story, which was quickly picked up a few days ago by the international press.
In her own defense and that of her daughter: the woman who mutilated her boyfriend’s genitals
In Lakhimpur Kheri, 160 kilometers east of New Delhi, a woman was completing her workday. Her return to her house was intended to be as calm as possible, without imagining how the day would end.
Arriving at the house, the commotion. Her 14-year-old daughter was screaming, trying to defend herself from being raped.
Advancing inside the place, the 36-year-old woman discovered that the aggressor was her 32-year-old boyfriend; the man with whom she lived for two years and suddenly transformed into a monster, trying to harm the teenager.
When she went on top of him to defend her daughter, the subject lunged to attack her. It was then that the woman ran into the kitchen.
“I was working on the farm when the incident occurred. Fortunately, I got home just in time and caught him red-handed. I brought a knife from the kitchen and cut off his private parts to teach him a lesson. I don’t regret what I did.”He confessed hours later.
From the flames to the brazier
The man with whom she shared her home, in which her daughter also lived, vanished with the deep wounds that the woman inflicted on him, upon discovering her intention to harass him.
The emergency services took him to the nearest hospital and soon after he had to receive specialized care, due to the cuts and the risk to his life.
The news spread in that part of the Indian territory in which said mother decided to cut off -literally- for the insane with a subject she thought she knew.
It should be noted that the life story of the woman who mutilated her partner is difficult. Several years ago she left the father of her daughter due to the physical and emotional abuse they were subjected to due to her alcoholism. She fell, in a matter of time, from the flames to the brazier.
However, your story may be different if you did not arrive in time to stop the rape of your loved one.
Globally, an estimated 736 million women – about one in three – have experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner, or sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than their partner (the 30% of women aged 15 and over
– UN WOMEN
Woman who mutilated her boyfriend’s genitals leaves him in critical condition
“The 32-year-old defendant has been booked under section 376 for rape and the POCSO Act (India)”Chandrashekhar Singh said from the Lakhimpur police station.
His critical condition did not prevent the subject from being formally charged for his actions, while they tried to stabilize him. The woman who mutilated his genitals, in his own defense and that of his daughter, made deep cuts that left him between life and death.
“Since his condition was critical, he was referred to Lucknow for further treatment”added the police spokesperson. He is, however, in custody, awaiting his recovery for a formal transfer to the prison system.
As of press time, no information emerged of a criminal charge against the Lakhimpur woman. But her story is not unique. A similar one took place weeks before that episode in Indian Territory.
Other mutilated abusers in India
Stories of sexual abuse, even in a pack, are as prevalent as they are unfortunate in India.
Given such a scenario, the case of the woman who mutilated her boyfriend who was trying to abuse her daughter is not unique. There are other precedents that occurred in that South Asian territory, this same year.
Last May, a 22-year-old girl tried to castrate her mother’s partner, tired of his attempts to sexually abuse her. However, the justice arrested her on charges of murder. Her legal status is unknown.
Another 47-year-old woman was fed up with constant sexual harassment from one of her neighbors, a 27-year-old man. The situation escalated over time, according to reports in the local media.
One day he decided to defend himself from his aggressor, taking justice into his own hand. Understand a white weapon with enough sharpness, to cut with the insanity of the harassment suffered.
So he did. She cut off the subject’s genitalia, it is unknown to date if she was arrested after her action in self-defense.
In India, annual sexual abuse figures reveal a grim reality for girls and women born in that country.
By 2014, a rape was reported every 22 minutes, as published Europapress.
Almost years later, the situation escalated to such a point that media such as the BBCreported that 92 rapes occurred per day.
The recent cases of genital mutilation, contained in this report, are certainly not legal, but the self-defense of the women who carried them out put their survival and maternal protection to the test, for those who could not defend themselves from their aggressors.
