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Mukesh Singh: β€œWhen being raped she shouldn't fight back. She should just be silent."

'The Independent'
One of the men convicted of gang raping a woman on a bus in Delhi has blamed his victim for the fatal attack, saying β€œgirls are far more responsible for rape” than men.

The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died of horrific injuries two weeks after being assaulted by six men as she travelled home from the cinema with a male friend.

Among them was Mukesh Singh, who claims he was driving the bus during the incident on 16 December 2012 and did not take part in an interview with the BBC from prison, where he is awaiting execution, he referred to the woman’s murder as β€œan accident” caused by her being out at night.

β€œA decent girl won't roam around at nine o'clock at night,” he said.

β€œA girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. Boys and girls are not equal.

β€œHousework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes.

β€œAbout 20 per cent of girls are good.”

β€œWhen being raped, she shouldn't fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they'd have dropped her off after doing her and only hit the boy.”

Police said his victim, known as β€œJyoti”, meaning β€œflame”, was found with multiple wounds and had also been raped with metal bars, causing catastrophic internal injuries.

Singh claimed that executing him and the other convicted rapists will endanger future rape victims.

β€œNow when they rape, they won't leave the girl like we did - they will kill her,” he said.

β€œBefore, they would rape and say, β€˜Leave her, she won't tell anyone.’ Now when they rape, especially the criminal types, they will just kill the girl.”


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/delhi-bus-rapist-blames-dead-victim-for-attack-because-girls-are-responsible-for-rape-10079894.html

Shocking, mind-boggling comments from this guy. Considering his comments, how does he expect people to believe he didn't take part in the Delhi gang rape? What a disgusting savage this 'man' is.

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I can hardly believe a real person said those words.
Reply 2
He needs to die as he is clearly a dangerous lunatic. That said, in his lunacy he does make a point.

β€œNow when they rape, they won't leave the girl like we did - they will kill her,” he said.
At least he's getting executed.
What a piece of ****. I hope that the closer it gets to his execution, the more he starts to brick it.
I usually don't advocate violence, but I would gladly shoot them myself.
It's vile. And the reason I abhor even a hint of victim blaming in this country. We know better than that. No one has the right to say that a women dressed in any way deserves such treatment. I generally do not advocate the death penalty but how can you not in this case? Those cultural issues around men and women, and those gender roles need to be thrown out. Women are not baby factories that must be forced to stay at home and punished if they don't. Vile.
I would rather him rot in prison for the rest of his life. He does not deserve the mercy of the death penalty.
Reply 8
Even if a girl dresses slutty and roams streets at night it doesn't give you a right to rape them.

Can't people control themselves? go have a **** and you'll lose interest in sex.
Reply 9
This is why the death penalty still exists in developing countries. It is necessary because these people are actual savages who are yet to be touched by civilisation. The next generation will be better hopefully.
Let's hope they botch the hanging a little and his death is as drawn out as possible.
So disgusting, is this guy even human?
Reply 12
β€œA decent girl won't roam around at nine o'clock at night,” he said.

β€œ[Girls should not be] roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes."


Well, well, well. Now doesn't this sound familiar? Funny how these attitudes suddenly become condemnable once it escapes a muslim mouth. Real funny.

Reply 13
I'm sure somewhere in that interview there was a follow up of "there will always be rapists!!!11!", "self responsibility!!!11!" to seal the deal. The reactions or lack thereof would be telling.
Original post by Truths

Well, well, well. Now doesn't this sound familiar? Funny how these attitudes suddenly become condemnable once it escapes a muslim mouth. Real funny


How do you know he is Muslim?
Original post by porn induced coma
It's vile. And the reason I abhor even a hint of victim blaming in this country. We know better than that. No one has the right to say that a women dressed in any way deserves such treatment. I generally do not advocate the death penalty but how can you not in this case? Those cultural issues around men and women, and those gender roles need to be thrown out. Women are not baby factories that must be forced to stay at home and punished if they don't. Vile.


Saying that a woman would have been safer wearing something less revealing and not being out by herself on a dark street late at night is not saying she deserved it. It's saying that she could have reduced the risk posed to her.

This guy's actions are reprehensible, but maybe he's got a point. If a hostage taker said that his hostages would have survived if they hadn't tried to overpower him, that would just be an observation on the situation which could inform advice given to people in the future. It probably isn't safe for girls to roam around at 9 o'clock in that part of India.

"Victim-blaming" is a way of making people safer.
Original post by Truths
Well, well, well. Now doesn't this sound familiar? Funny how these attitudes suddenly become condemnable once it escapes a muslim mouth. Real funny.





Singhs are Muslim now?
Original post by Truths
Well, well, well. Now doesn't this sound familiar? Funny how these attitudes suddenly become condemnable once it escapes a muslim mouth. Real funny.




Mukesh is a Hindu name and Singh is Sikh. Delhi itself is 81% Hindu.

Why do you think he is Muslim?
Disgusting.
Reply 19
Disgusting, uncivilised excuse for a man. I'm torn between having the bastard die now, or suffer a bad quality of life until he dies. I hope he gets raped in prison.

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