Why #JusticeForTasleemJahan Is Trending On Twitter (X image @mohakmangal)
After the brutal rape and murder of a young doctor in Kolkata government hospital, another rape and murder case was reported in Uttarakhand. A nurse was raped and killed while she was returning from a private hospital. She was going to her home near the Uttar Pradesh border.
The nurse’s name is alleged to be Tasleem Jahan. #JusticeForTasleemJahan is now trending on X. Netizens are asking why India is silent on the case. While nation-wide protests are taking place seeking justice to the victim of Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, Tasleem Jahan is being forgotten, said internet users.
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Why Indians are silent on this case?#JusticeForTasleemJahan pic.twitter.com/VvtPUuBM3x
— Rheahaha Commentary (@Rheahaha12) August 18, 2024
Another user asked “Was Tasleem Jahan not a daughter of our country?…Why is there no outrage over this incident? Just because she comes from the Muslim community and there is a BJP government in the state?”
क्या तस्लीम जहां हमारे देश की बेटी नहीं थी 🇮🇳 ?
इस घटना पर कोई आक्रोश क्यों नहीं? सिर्फ़ इसलिए कि वह मुस्लिम समुदाय से आती है और राज्य में भाजपा की सरकार है?#JusticeForTasleemJahan pic.twitter.com/I8hjCqt19d
— Mohd Tasleem (@Tasleem1996) August 19, 2024
The nurse left the hospital on the evening of July 30 and was seen taking an e-rickshaw from Indra Chowk in Rudrapur in CCTV footage. However, she did not reach her rented accommodation on Kashipur Road in Uttar Pradesh’s Bilaspur where she stayed with her 11-year-old daughter.
Her sister filed a missing complaint the next day. Eight days later, on August 8, the Uttar Pradesh police found her body in an empty plot, nearly 1.5 km from her house in Dibdiba village.
Reportedly, police arrested the culprit, named Dharmendra. The accused is a daily wage labourer from Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly. He was arrested from Rajasthan. The police traced the victim’s stolen mobile phone which led them to the accused.
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The nation is embarrassed for its failure in ensuring protection to the women. Within a week, over six rape cases were reported. In Bengaluru, a student returning from party was reportedly raped by a biker who gave her lift. In another incident, a Punjab girl was gang-raped in a public bus in Dehradun. A UP man allegedly lures mentally challenged woman with food, and raped her, said media report.
In just 24hrs pic.twitter.com/IX4WhUp73N
— Mr.45 (@optimum_prime45) August 19, 2024
In another case, a 14-yeatr-old little girl was raped by school teacher in UP, died after months of treatment. Another report emerged that a UP man raped his own daughter for over year. a 69-year-old man was accused of raping a teen girl in Madhya Pradesh.
Latest crime data suggests that over 31,000 rape cases were reported across the country in 2021.
