JOURNAJUNKIE

Even after one month of the most hyped brutal Delhi gang rape, several cases of rape and other crimes against women are being reported from every part of the country and few from Sikkim also.Just today a horrible and shameful case was reported from Namthang, South Sikkim. A young girl aged 14 years was molested and raped by her own father while she was sleeping. On the fateful night of 21^st January, the accused father came into her bed at 9 pm and molested her. It is further mentioned in her FIR that she was raped by her own father on that night when her mother and sister were at the paternal place in Jorethang, South Sikkim.

And after this shameful act, the bigger question which hunts everyone is how safe are the ordinary citizens, especially the women.