India Rapist Burned Alive by Victim

[Martinus]

India Rapist Allegedly Burned Alive By Victim In Bihar
Posted: 04/04/2013 10:56 am EDT

A woman in India is being investigated for murder after her alleged rapist died in a house fire, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.

The unnamed woman, a widow, claims she was asleep when the alleged assailant, Bhola Thakur, entered her house early Tuesday morning and raped her. A police officer told the Hindustan Times that the man was "so drunk he [fell] asleep in her house after committing the crime."

The Indian Express reports that the woman contemplated committing suicide out of shame, but changed her mind and instead poured kerosene on her slumbering attacker before fleeing the house.

Thakur died in the fire. Police told the Hindustan Times he had been previously accused in dozens of cases of "eve-teasing" -- a euphemism used in India for public sexual assault. Additionally, neighbors reported that Thakur had been harassing the woman for a few months, the Times of India notes.

In her police report, the woman admitted to lighting her assailant on fire. "I have no regret that I burned Bhola alive," she said, via TOI. "I put kerosene on him before he raped me, which I could not stop, and burned him out of revenge."

The woman was arrested by the police on Tuesday, according to the Hindustan Times. Thakur's widow has reportedly filed a report against the woman, and police are investigating the alleged rape and murder cases.

The decision to handle this case as one of murder rather than rape has caused some controversy in India, as many feel the police should have been more sympathetic to a woman who apparently acted out of self-defense. TOI points out that private defense is protected under the law even in the case of the attacker's death.

India is under increased pressure to improve women's rights after a brutal gang rape of a young woman last year provoked mass protests around the country.

In what is seen as an encouraging move, India's Parliament passed an expansive new law to protect women against sexual violence in March.

"It's a significant moment. We have taken many steps forward," said a women's rights activist quoted by the Associated Press. "Much, much more needs to be done."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/india-rapist-burned-alive-bihar_n_3009831.html

Well, good on her.

[derspiess]

That'll learn him.

[Viking]

Death by means of torture as an acceptable punishment?

[dps]

She put kerosene on him before he raped her, then he raped her, and then she set him on fire?  I think I'd get the kerosene off of me before continuing the rape, but then I wouldn't be raping someone in the first place, so clearly I don't understand the mindset of rapists.

[Malthus]

She put kerosene on him before he raped her, then he raped her, and then she set him on fire?  I think I'd get the kerosene off of me before continuing the rape, but then I wouldn't be raping someone in the first place, so clearly I don't understand the mindset of rapists.

Is it wrong of me that this brings to mind a certain song by the Doors? 

[Legbiter]

Death by means of torture as an acceptable punishment?

Her case is certain to spark a debate.

[Eddie Teach]

That'll learn him.

If it doesn't, next life he can be reborn as a male praying mantis.

[Viking]

Death by means of torture as an acceptable punishment?

Her case is certain to spark a debate.

Murderous Misandry is fashionable again.

[fhdz]

Death by means of torture as an acceptable punishment?

Her case is certain to spark a debate.

Murderous Misandry is fashionable again.

Aww. Poor rapist.

[Viking]

Death by means of torture as an acceptable punishment?

Her case is certain to spark a debate.

Murderous Misandry is fashionable again.

Aww. Poor rapist.

Yes, she doused a sleeping man in kerosene and set him on fire.

I find that reactions of the kind "good on her" and "you go girl" are disgusting and immoral. People who are rapists as well as people who are not rapists should not be purposefully immolated for whatever reason in peacetime.

[derspiess]

Meh, it's the third world, Vike.  Let it go.

[Viking]

Meh, it's the third world, Vike.  Let it go.

meh, it's not like they are real people down there, is it?

[merithyn]

Death by means of torture as an acceptable punishment?

Yes.

[merithyn]

Yes, she doused a sleeping man in kerosene and set him on fire.

I find that reactions of the kind "good on her" and "you go girl" are disgusting and immoral. People who are rapists as well as people who are not rapists should not be purposefully immolated for whatever reason in peacetime.

I disagree. Given the culture that she's in - where the "honorable" and "moral" thing would be for her to commit suicide - I'm rather happy to see that she decided on a better course of action. So, "good on her" and "you go girl".

[derspiess]

Meh, it's the third world, Vike.  Let it go.

meh, it's not like they are real people down there, is it?

I didn't say that.  You're just expecting too much of less-advanced cultures.