Ashamed to approach court

Victim: A 17-year-old girl whose mother is dead and father is a lunatic. She is the elder most sibling of 6 sisters. She was abducted from her house and gangraped by four people for many days.
An orgy awaited her in every house she was kept in. Her captors sought sexual favours not only for their friends but also for their servants. She had no option except to comply.
My client: I was approached by the girl’s uncle to represent the girl in the court. I only charged them a token fee, considering the extreme poverty and pitiable background of the girl.
The uncle, who is a primary school teacher, visited me in my office. He was very nervous. After exchanging social pleasanteries, he nervously asked. Is going to the court considered to be a shamless act?
There is no more shame left for your family, I replied.
Apparently, someone has told him that rape victims are asked very nasty and vulgur questions in the courts. Which, ironically, is true to some extent.

Incestuous gang rape: Mother accuses father of raping daughter

Councilor Banaras was called in the local police station in the evening. Visiting the police station of his area was a routine matter for him as the police-shy people of his constituency often took him along whenever they had to deal with the police.

What awaited him in the police station later turned out to be a big shock for him. He met the ex-wife, Sakina Bibi, of his cousin Najeebur Rehman and the couple’s only daughter Iram Najeeb.

Banaras had witnessed so many family disputes between the couple during their troublesome marriage. Sakina Bibi had been lodging various complaints against her ex-husband before police and other authorities. Banaras seated himself on the table where Sakina, Irum and a police official were also sitting.

Without listening to Sakina Bibi, Banaras assured her that he would settle the new dispute whatsoever. He had heard rumours that Sakina Bibi wanted a share in the property of her ex-husband.

The first sentence Sakina Bibi uttered in the police station was, “I have been smelling foul stink (sic) from Irum. Najeeb has been raping her.”

This disclosure was too shocking for Najeeb. He yelled at her in disbelief. Then came the second attack, this time from the girl. She told the policeman that Banaras had also been raping her.
To be continued......