The badlands of Bangalore University

BANGALORE: Saturday night's gang rape of an NLSIU student on the Jnanabharathi campus was waiting to happen. Only on September 27, unidentified men robbed an autorickshaw driver and his wife of their valuables on the campus. The miscreants tried to molest the woman but she escaped by biting the hand of one of the men.

The auto driver had driven his vehicle into the forest area of the campus with his wife, who was living separately. No arrests have been made in the case till date, reflecting the casual attitude prevailing among policemen over the issue of crime on the campus.

If the police had heeded the warning and taken some stringent steps to step up the patrolling and having check-posts within the campus in the wake of the September 27 incident, perhaps the Saturday crime might not have happened at all.

Police, however, claim that they have taken several steps to ensure that the rule of law prevails on the sprawling Bangalore University campus. They cite the incident of including transferring of a police inspector who was "not performing".

Ironically, on Saturday when the incident took place, all the officers including the deputy commissioner of police were on night rounds. As claimed by a senior police officer, the very road where the couple's car was parked was blocked by the officers but yet the incident took place.

This crime incident was a repeat of a similar gang rape that took place seven years back on the campus. In 2005, a 30-year-old woman was raped by a gang of taxi drivers. She was repeatedly raped and found in an unconscious state. From that time, there were many plans made to restrict the movement of outsiders within the campus. New gates were erected and plans were made to restrict the movement of traffic within the campus at night, but under the pressure from BBMP and the residents living nearby, this plan had to be shelved.

Source: http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2EuX0fS7oD3Kh/story01.htm

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