At 3.15 p.m. On
7th March, Snehalaya’s CHILD LINE received a mail from the CHILD
LINE INDIA FOUNDATION City In charge Hemant More, reporting the rape of a 8-year
old girl Ms. Yewle (nicknamed Babu) from Padali Aale village, (Taluka Parner, AHMEDNAGAR
district), and admittance into a hospital
at Aale Phata (Paware/Aware hospital),by her terrified parents. The alleged
70-year old rapist (having the same surname Yewle) is a retired Head master of
the Zillah Parishad School, and apparently with enormous political clout and
well-connected with the police officials and the NCP.
Moving swiftly,
Snehalaya’s CHILD LINE quickly chalked
out an action plan. Kundan, Vrushali along with Abdul and Shahid first met
the Dy. Superintendent of Police Mr. Barkund, who sent them onwards to Police Inspector
Mr. Someshwar at Parner
police station. He in turn arranged a telecom with the Police Inspector Mr. Nirbhay who
was out on his rounds. As a result, accompanied by a Police Sub-Inspector as
well as two constables, the CHILD LINE team reached Padali village by 8 p.m.
After cautiously surveying the locality, the team approached a group of playing
children, offered them sweets and discreetly enquired about Babu’s situation
and location. The children mentioned that Babu’s injury has led to her being
absent from school since the last four days. The team visited Babu’s home;
Vrushali had a heart-to-heart chat with Babu in complete privacy. The puzzled
Babu confided that her aged relative (uncle of her father) had inadvertently
hit her below her abdomen (private part), while trying to strike a dog. The
perplexed parents also separately confirmed the same. Babu is the darling of a
loving family. The team was taken to the unjustly accused’s home, where the
rape perpetrator was discovered to be a senile, bed-ridden 84-year old person! His
astonished family was distraught on realizing the reason for the team’s visit.
By this time his
enraged well-wishers and village elders including the Sarpanch gathered and
vociferously expressed their displeasure over tarnishing the reputation of an
innocent gentleman, and the situation took an unpleasant turn. The outraged
villagers also shouted that they would never tolerate such heinous crimes, if
ever perpetrated on the daughters of their village. The team-members explained
Snehalaya’s CHILD LINE’s role, obligations & commitment, and distributed
relevant pamphlets, which soon pacified the agitated mob.
This cause of
this incident is apparently a conspiracy to malign the Yewle family. His family
members could have filed a case of harassment or even a defamation suit. Thanks
to the Snehalaya’s CHILD LINE team’s handling this sensitive matter
diplomatically, the matter was resolved amicably and the team returned back to
the office at around 1:30 a.m., awaiting the next call for assistance.
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