“It has been two years since [she was brutalised]. The law changed, we learned that society cared, but the guilty have not been punished. And our system continues to be the same; crimes continue against women and children because criminals have no fear of the law,” said Asha Rani, the mother of the December 16 victim on Tuesday at a ceremony organised in her memory.
On the night of December 16, 2012, her 23-year-old daughter was brutalised by six persons on a moving bus and died shortly. The incident compelled an unprecedented number of citizens across the country to take to the streets demanding justice.
“It was around the same time, two years ago, that she told me she will be back in a few hours. I never heard that voice again. Every time we hear of a women or a child being raped or murdered, we relive those moments. We felt sure that justice will be done when we saw society come forward, but we still have not got a hearing date from the Supreme Court,” added Ms. Rani, her voice breaking.
She added that every time a tragedy like this took place, it was spoken for about 10 days before other reports divert people’s attention.
The Nirbaya Jyoti Trust, established by the victim’s parents had organised the event.
