51 Slaps to Rapist

If you are deaf mute you may not get a fair “hearing” in India. The town elders did what they were able to do. Just a few slaps but they hope for public shame. That concept seems to be gone in America. Is it even present in India? For some perhaps.

A man in northern Indian will receive 51 slaps in public after village elders found him guilty of raping a neighbor who is deaf and dumb, a village chief said on Friday.

The elders stepped in to review the case because local police failed to arrest the accused after a complaint was filed by the victim’s husband, village head Badr-ul Hasan said.

“Police told us that since the woman is deaf and dumb, she is not able to narrate the incident,” Hasan said.

A village court, comprising five elders, heard from both sides on Wednesday. It found the man guilty, fined him 5,000 rupees (US$110, euro90), and ordered he be publicly slapped with an open hand 51 times, he said.

“We can’t do more than that. The village court doesn’t have powers to arrest any one,” said Hasan. “By public slapping, the court wants to put (him) to shame.”

The village court generally settles land and other such disputes among the residents, not criminal offenses.

I just hope the pervert in question doesn’t enjoy the slaps.

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