India is land of customs and traditions but has failed to protect her daughters dignity!!
This time its about someone else's daughter, not Indian but still someone's daughter!
Most of us may not have even heard about her and about her story.
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| Beautiful! Ain't she? But she's no more, she had a long life ahead. |
Scarlett was a British tourist visiting India with her family. She was 15 years old and was left behind in Goa with her 25 years old Indian boyfriend while her family travelled along the coast. She was brutally raped and then drowned in the sea and murdered.
The media covered the story as everybody ganged up against the bohemian lifestyle of her family and blamed her mother for her carelessness.
It shows how in India most people still believe that “bad” women deserve getting raped.
About seven years ago, on February 18, 2008, 15-year-old Scarlett was found dead at the Anjuna beach in north Goa. The case was transferred to the CBI and two accused - both out on bail - have been facing trial since 2010. Till date, about 35 witnesses have been examined.
In an emotional letter to then Goa's Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar sent on February 7, Scarlett's mother Fiona Mackeown has pleaded for the trial to be expedited.
"The men who killed my daughter have walked free while my daughter lies buried and as her mother I stand helpless in the hands of an administration for which justice has clearly taken a backseat," Fiona writes.
"Six years is a long time and Scarlett deserves justice which lies in the hands of your administration. As leader of opposition in 2008, you stood as a beacon of justice. I hope me and my other children will still be able to look up to you with the same respect," Fiona says in her letter to the chief minister.
Fiona MacKeown had claimed Ravi Naik, then the Goan home minister, and his son, Roy, were both involved and said she had been warned her own life was in danger.
Two local men, Samson D'Souza, 28, and Placido Carvalho, 36, face a number of charges, including culpable homicide, sexual assault, outraging modesty and destroying evidence.
MacKeown told the court she began to suspect that police were covering up the truth when they initially tried to convince her that Scarlett's death was an accident. She said she became convinced her daughter had been murdered when she found her underwear discarded on a path near where her body was found in the surf.
Peter D'Souza, defending, insisted that MacKeown identify her daughter's pink and off-white knickers, as well as a pair of blue shorts and a broken pair of sandals.
As tears ran down MacKeown's face and she started shaking, D'Souza said to the judge: "I can understand that is it is quite an experience for her to see them now – they are off her dead daughter."
D'Souza told her police claimed that they had found the clothing themselves, but MacKeown denied this was the case.
The defence also produced Scarlett's diary and questioned MacKeown about the teenager's sex life, claiming that pages of the diary referring to her sexual activity and her drug use had been removed.
As the exchanges became more hostile, D'Souza asked MacKeown whether she believed her daughter had been sexually abused before her death.
"She was a 15-year-old girl found half naked, so yes, that was in my mind," MacKeown snapped back. "I did think she had been sexually abused."
"People told me that people gave her drugs. These responsible adult men were giving drugs to a minor. They all gave my daughter drugs," she said, naming both defendants and also Roy Naik.
"People told me to be careful, there are dangerous men running the beaches, they are being backed up by corrupt politicians and policemen.
Do i need to tell more about her story?
Shame on Indian Judiciary.
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