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The '''Delta Meghwal rape case''' refers to the rape and death of 17 year old Delta Meghwal, a [[Dalit]] girl in her college in Nokha, [[Bikaner]] in the Western state of [[Rajasthan]] in India on 29 March 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=The Quint|title=Was Dalit Girl Delta Meghwal’s Alleged Rape-Murder Institutional?|url=http://www.thequint.com/india/2016/04/05/was-dalit-girl-delta-meghwals-alleged-rape-murder-institutional|accessdate=20 April 2016|publisher=The Quint|date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Meghwal's body was found in a water tank of the Jain Adarsh Teacher Training Institute for girls where she was a student. In the [[First Information Report]] lodged by her parents it was stated that she called them on March 28 informing them she had been raped by her physical education teacher. It was also reported that she was subjected to caste abuse by her hostel warden who sent her to clean the physical education teacher's room who subsequently raped and killed her. It has not yet been established whether it was an act of murder or suicide.<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|last1=TNN|title=Dalit girl student was not murdered, says FSL report - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Dalit-girl-student-was-not-murdered-says-FSL-report/articleshow/51735039.cms|accessdate=20 April 2016|publisher=The Times of India|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Delta Meghwal was the daughter of a school teacher and a resident of Trimohi village of [[Barmer district]] in Rajasthan. She was a second year student in the Senior Teaching Certificate (STC) course at Jain Adarsh Teacher Training Institute for Girls in Nokha, Bikaner. |
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The FIR filed by her parents states that at 8 pm on the evening of March 28, 2016, Meghwal called her father and told him she had been raped. She narrated that hostel warden Priya Shukla had sent her to the PT (physical education) instructor Vijendra Singh’s room to clean it. Singh raped her once she went to his room. On the day Meghwal was raped, only four other women were present in the hostel. Within a few hours of the incident, the institute had forced a written apology from Meghwal and Singh citing that they had been caught in Singh's room having consensual sex.<ref>{{cite news|title=Why We Need to Seek Justice for Delta Meghwal *Updated*|url=http://theladiesfinger.com/happened-delta-meghwal/|accessdate=20 April 2016|publisher=The Ladies Finger|date=2 April 2016}}</ref> |
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On March 29 Meghwal's body was found in the water tank. In the FIR, Meghwal's parents also named principal Eashwar Chand Vaid for abetment to suicide. Following the complaint, warden Priya Shukla, the physical education teacher and principal were arrested by Bikaner police and kept under judicial custody. Tests conducted by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Bikaner proved that Meghwal was raped however she was alive before drowning, suggesting it was a suicide and not murder.<ref name=TOI /> |
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== References == |
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{{Social issues in India}} |
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{{Sexual abuse}} |
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{{Rape in India}} |
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[[Category:Dalit history]] |
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