A 12-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY HER BROTHER OVER SUSPICIONS OF INTERCOURSE
A YOUNG GIRL WAS TORTURED TILL DEAD BY HER OWN BROTHER WHO SUSPECTED THAT SHE IS INVOLVED IN A SEXUAL AFFAIR WITH SOMEONE BECAUSE HE SAW BLOOD STAINS ON HER CLOTHES
In Maharashtra’s Thane, a shocking and heartbreaking incident took place; a 30-year-old killed his own sister who is just 12 years old.
The 30-year-old who is a security guard stayed with his wife and his sister. The young girl who recently underwent her first menses had no one to explain to her what it is and why it is happening and what to do during menstruation. So, the girl had stains of period blood on her clothes.
The stains grabbed the attention of her brother who thought bleeding from the private area is caused just due to first intercourse; the guy who had no knowledge about menstruation and menstrual blood came to a blind conclusion that his sister was involved in sexual activity with someone.
The patriarch not only blindly blamed her for it but also thought he had the right to physically abuse her for it. instead of taking the girl to a doctor or someone who could help them, he decided to torture her in the name of punishment.
The poor girl had no chance to explain it to her brother due to a lack of knowledge and had to face the wrath of her brother’s anger for 4 days. Following 4 days of continuous torture the girl was left with fatal injuries.
Seeing the critical condition of the girl, she was taken to the hospital where she was declared brought dead. The innocent girl sustained burns on her mouth and other parts of her body which her brother allegedly made using a tong. The accused was sentenced to life imprisonment under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder.
If you look into the issue and discuss why this happened the cause roots in the lack of awareness about menstruation among males because there is no way a woman doesn’t know about it.
Menstrual education is important and should be given to everyone irrespective of gender because just because a man doesn’t undergo menses doesn’t mean he will be blind to everything related to it or that he will never encounter his family women or friends face period.
At least basic information is to be provided so that they know that something called menstruation exists and that happens because of a particular reason. How shameful is it that a developing country like ours is seeing cases where someone doesn’t even know that women bleed due to menstruation?
And this issue also raises questions about who gave the right to him to torture the girl. How can he assume blindly that she had intercourse and that too out of a will? Why was there no question of sexual assault on the poor girl if he really believed she had sex? People should stop victim blaming!
Educate your family members so that one day you won’t end up having to see this in your family and remember – menstruation is not something to be ashamed of in fact those superstitions you believe are what you should be ashamed of.
Speak up and do not stay silent if you are a victim of period-related superstitions. Thank you and keep following us at https://tvbharat24.com/ and our YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tvbharat24.