Madsaur Gang Rape Case: Swara Bhaskar, Esha Gupta, Farhan Akhtar & Others Say 'Enough Is Enough'!
Is India no longer safe for children, wonder Bollywood film celebrities like Farhan Akhtar and Riteish Deshmukh, expressing anger over the gang rape and assault of an eight-year-old schoolgirl.
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oi-Madhuri
By Madhuri
Is
India
no
longer
safe
for
children,
wonder
Bollywood
film
celebrities
like
Farhan
Akhtar
and
Riteish
Deshmukh,
expressing
anger
over
the
gang
rape
and
assault
of
an
eight-year-old
schoolgirl
in
Madhya
Pradesh.
The
child
was
abducted
while
she
was
waiting
for
her
father
outside
her
school
on
Tuesday.
She
was
gang
raped,
her
throat
slit
and
left
to
die.
A
day
later,
the
Madhya
Pradesh
Police
arrested
Irfan
alias
Bhaiyu,
20,
a
labourer,
on
the
basis
of
CCTV
footage,
followed
by
the
arrest
of
another
construction
worker
in
the
case.
Both
were
booked
under
relevant
sections
of
the
IPC
and
the
Protection
of
Children
from
Sexual
Offences
(POCSO)
Act.
Here's
what
celebrities,
disheartened
and
disturbed
by
such
incidents
of
crimes
against
children
posted
on
Twitter-
Farhan
Akhtar
"Given
the
alarming
frequency
and
the
sheer
perversion
of
the
crime,
one
must
ask...
Is
our
country
no
longer
safe
for
children?"
Riteish
Deshmukh
"Nothing
angers
me
more
than
this.
A
7
year
old
is
kidnapped
and
gang
raped.
Enough
is
enough.
The
culprits
should
be
flogged
and
hanged
publicly."
Esha
Gupta
"I
am
sorry
little
girl.
Sorry
this
country
isn't
safe
for
you.
Sorry
these
men
don't
see
you
as
a
God's
child
that
you
are.
Sorry
that
the
people
are
seeing
just
politics
in
this,
but
not
the
love
that
you
are."
Swara
Bhaskar
"Shameful
and
horrifying
news
from
Mandsaur
where
a
child
was
gang
raped
and
brutalised.
Glad
to
note
that
leaders
have
assured
a
speedy
trial.
These
monsters
deserve
the
harshest
punishment."
Richa
Chadha
"How
can
anyone
do
this
to
another
human
being,
let
alone
a
child?
Depravity!
Kudos
to
Mandsaur
Superintendent
of
Police
for
nabbing
the
culprit
within
the
day
and
to
Yunus
Shaikh
for
announcing
the
accused
will
get
no
burial."
Vishal
Dadlani
"
Ain't
it
amazing?
Instead
of
questioning
the
government
about
the
disgusting
Mandsaur
rape,
right-wing
heroes
only
e-question
those
who
demanded
justice
for
Kathua
and
Unnao?
By
the
way,
has
BJP
taken
out
rapist-bachao
rallies
in
Mandsaur
yet?
They
did,
in
Kathua."
Shruti
Seth
"Instead
of
name
calling
shouldn't
we
all
unanimously
condemn
all
rapes
and
every
rapist?
How
about
committing
ourselves
to
keeping
every
child
of
our
country
safe
from
crimes.
It's
a
fight
we
must
fight
together."