Specials
Women targeted in brutal attacks
crime against women, rape, molestation, Radhika Tanwar, college girl shot dead, Kerala girl thrown off train, Soumya Viswanathan, Women's Day
Soumya, who died after being attacked on a train
At 23, Soumya was the pivot of her family's present and future. Fifteen minutes away from Shoranur, a man entered the Ladies Compartment of the train she was travelling in. He pushed her out of the compartment, raped her and then abandoned her.
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March 08, 2011 2:17
March 8, 2011: Radhika Tanwar, a 20-year-old student, was shot dead in broad daylight outside her college. The police says she was most likely killed by a stalker who was either enrolled at her college, or lived near her.
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February 06, 2011 1:56
February 5, 2011: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was cycling to her tuition class when three young men attacked her. She fought back and they retaliated by cutting off parts of her nose, ear and hand.
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September 30, 2008 1:50
September 30, 2008: Soumya Viswanathan, who worked as a TV producer in Delhi, was found dead in her car. She was driving home alone late at night.
