A sad day for India
One of the many unsung heroes who deserve an “Indian of the Year” nomination:
Rerported by Kinnari Patel, CNN-IBN, Man saves woman from molesters, killed
“…Thirty-five-year old Keshav Vishwakarma tried to prevent 40-year old Lilavati – a mother of two – from being harassed.
Four hours later, the accused allegedly doused him with kerosene and burnt him in his house in the Pandesara area of Surat.
“A few people were teasing me and saying a lot of things. I saw him trying to prevent them. I don’t know what happened after that,” says the molestation victim Lilavati. Just before he died, Keshav recounted the horror. “I tried to reason out with them that it was wrong and help the woman. Instead, they set me on fire,” he said.
Such was his willpower that even after sustaining 75 per cent burns, Keshav walked about two kilometers to the Pandesara police station and reported the matter…”
Keshav later succumbed to his burn injuries at Surat’s Civil Hospital.
A sad day for India.
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A true hero whose memory must serve as inspiration to all of us: to make a better India where eve teasing is eliminated. The least we can do is to punish the perpetrators in such a way that wannabee perps are thoroughly discouraged from making any attempt at eve teasing.
Dear Ashish,
I am sorry, now you are in real trouble with the NHRC!!! They will come down on you like a pile of bricks as the rights of the “LIVING CRIMINAL PERPETRATORS” are more important than that of the “BRAVE DEAD”.
If you follow on this line you will have the whole “ENGLISH MEDIA” on your back and they will hound you by holding “CANDLENIGHT VIGILS” for the life of these criminals.
You will also have the Bombay Brigade on your back.
Your back will be strained.
So PLEASE BACK OFF.
Regards,
vck
Dear vck:
True, true..Sad but true..our society today defines “sophistication” by how sincerely one can pray for the terrorist and how much dirt one can throw upon the victims..