The Most Barbaric!

We Bengalis consider us very liberal and progressive compared to people in other states particularly in the context of honour killing. But what happened at a village in Birbhum district of Bengal has hung our head in shame and deflated the bloated balloon of our liberal mindset by a single prick. It was far worse than honour killing. A 17year old tribal girl was paraded naked a few miles in full view of hundreds of lusty eyes for her alleged association with a boy not belonging to her caste. During parade she was molested, roughed up and abused at every step by many perverse people who ‘enjoyed’ the most barbaric show on earth. Many clicked photographs with their mobile phone cameras and circulated MMS among those who missed the show even to earn money in some instances. Perhaps, people of Gram Panchayet there too lapped up the free ‘entertainment’ to satisfy their libido and so didn’t care to inform the police of this most savage act. The girls’ parents too were so scared they couldn’t dare to contact police. It’s per chance the incident came to light after three months when police accidentally caught hold of MMS depicting this barbaric show. Police has reportedly swung into action and human rights commission has also joined the fray. However, such a barbaric incident would ever haunt the poor tribal girl and her family like a nightmare throughout their life and she’d never forgive those whose behaviour was no better than beasts on that fateful day.