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Bangalore rises to seek justice for child-rape survivor
BANGALORE
This is the story of how a rape united Bangalore. On Saturday morning, thousands of citizens took to the streets protesting against the ghastly gang rape of a six-year-old girl in an east Bangalore school.
When over 3,000 people, mostly parents, marched from the school to the HAL police station, 6km away, Bangalore stopped for them. Nobody honked despite the heavy traffic jam. En route, people came out of their apartments and joined the walk. Some waved from their homes.
Volunteers distributed water. From a 60-year-old grandfather to a mother of a seven-month-old, they walked silently.
They were from different parts of the city. Some had taken leave from work; others had left their babies at home. There were techies, teachers, students, designers, lawyers, dancers. They were all worried about their little ones.
Hours after the rally, police announced they had taken into custody a sports trainer from the school on finding strong evidence against him. They also suspect an ayah who left the child in the dark room.
The show of solidarity surpassed anything Bangalore has seen in the recent past. Perhaps Anna Hazare's protest at Freedom Park three years ago came close. But this march was far stronger, much bigger and more emotional. It was the middle-class Bangalorean — anguished, scared and frustrated — seeking justice for a child the adult world had let down.
"I have a daughter. I fear for her now. If I cannot trust the school, where else can I send her? It's a shame," said Nidhi Tandon, a jewellery designer, echoing the crowd's sentiment.
They held placards that sought tough punishment for the culprits — from capital punishment to cutting off the "raping tool". One read: "But I was not a toy, mamma." A chart held by a young girl said: "Our bodies are not your playground." Dolls and writing slates were held up.
Many protesters had painted their palms black. The protesters, mostly in black, walked silently.
By the time they reached the police station at 11.30am, the crowd broke out into slogans. Police asked them to assemble in a playground, which filled up within minutes.
The peaceful crowd began to stir up when politicians tried to hold forth at the ground.
Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali and former MLA Nandish Reddy came on stage and spoke briefly. But nothing could take the limelight away from the parents and the citizens.
The crowd grew restless demanding to meet police commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar. No amount of cajoling from other senior police officials, including the joint commissioner (law and order) and an additional commissioner, could convince them. When the commissioner turned up after 90 minutes, he didn't have much to offer them.
Unconvinced, the crowd returned. Their only satisfaction was that society had awakened and reacted.
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