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“If it was only a rape, the villagers would have settled it through ‘kangaroo courts’,” he alleged. In its fact-finding report on the incident, the organisation has alleged that settling of rape cases through ‘kangaroo courts’ controlled by dominant caste people, instead of involving police, was widespread in the region. A.
Kathir, Executive Director, Evidence, said the police interfered in this case only because the girl was murdered. “Special focus must be provided to ensure that these cases are swiftly tried in courts and the offenders get punished,” he said. more-inMadurai-based non-governmental organisation Evidence has appealed to the State government to provide a compensation of ? 25 lakh to the family of the 17-year-old speech and hearing-impaired girl, who was raped and murdered in Acharampatti near Tirupattur in Sivaganga district on Tuesday..