Atrocities Against Women Analysis

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1. Introduction

Atrocities against women mean the cruel and wicked acts towards women. The aim of this project is to scrutinize and analyse the atrocities against women which specifically take place in India with the help of newspaper articles. The greatest social evils present in India would be the types of harassment which women face. India has always been a patriarchal society therefore most women have faced humiliation, torture, exploitation, or some sort of harassment. Atrocities cause mental as well as physical harm which can leave permanent damage or can majorly affect the health of the victim.
There is an immense amount of discrimination which women face whether it is in regards to household matters, education, society, politics, …show more content…

In most cases, the family members are the ones to kill the woman or the girl of their family. It is one of the most common crimes in India.

An 18-year-old girl was strangled by her 45-year-old father, an obvious case of honour killing. He was taken in custody only after the victim’s mother filed a complaint against him. Raju Botham, the culprit, was a labourer and confessed that he killed his own daughter because she was in love with a man who belonged to the same community and she was determined to marry him. The accused got sent to judicial custody after. Station House Officer of Gangaghat said that Shivani’s mother and her daughter-in-law witnessed Shivani’s murder. They both told the police how they saw him strangle her at night while she was asleep. They made an attempt to save her but failed to do so. The police retrieved the rope which was used to commit the murder. The victim, known as Shivani was a resident of Champapurwa locality and was a student of class 12th. Shivani’s brother stated that their father had warned her several times about her love affair and was keeping watch on activities for the last three months. On Tuesday night, the victim was caught speaking to her lover on the phone and was threatened by the accused. She refused to end the relationship and confessed that she will marry him. The same night she was murdered by her father. Botham caught Shivani talking with Mahesh over her

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