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molestation (n): sexual assault or abuse of a person, especially a woman or child; the action of pestering or harassing someone in an aggressive or persistent manner.

                Above is what the dictionary meaning of molestation refers to as, it particularly emphasises on "woman or child".  Does this imply that abuse and harrasment against men isn't considered much of a molestation? For the past month news headlines and social media posts/stories were flared up with #BlackLivesMatter against police brutality towards civilians. Unfortunately we faced the same but we are not even choosing to call it molestation.

                 P Jayaraj and J Bennicks, a father- son duo, were picked up by Tuticorin police for keeping their mobile shops open beyond permitted time amid Covid-19. They were trashed and sexually assaulted by the police in custody which resulted in their death. The police shattered their knee caps; their chest hair was ripped from the skin; metal topped batons were inserted into their rectums. This kind of brutality cannot be allowed to go on. N yet we haven't flared it up all over the media platforms. Both are considered to be India's George Floyd. Not only limiting to humans we are molesting animals too. how can we even justify this psychology of ours! 

                 Police is someone we seek for our protection to.... as days pass and more details of the gruesome murder of Jayaraj and Bennicks are revealed I can't help but feel sick to the core. Anyone can be a victim of this. Police Brutality is something we need to stop treating as heroism. Even imagining the pain and emotional trauma the family is going is just making my gut wrench! This is not the first uniformed murder; the police has definitely taken the law in it's hands. 

                 Suspension of four officials and transfer of one is just another move to hush up the case, as the charge of murder will be filed on the name of the police station and not on any of the specific police officer; the transfer and suspension might be just the another tact to have an unjustified end to the case, c'mon we have to realise the 'murderers' work in and for the law, they definitely are aware of the loopholes and exits! They were even reluctant to book them for the charge of murder not even a FIR was been filed before yesterday. Even if they start an investigation, the investigation will be performed by the fellow police men; there is no reason we can trust their fellow Tamil Nadu Police in this case! Only booking them for the twin murder is not enough, impartial investigation has to be imposed.

                 This is completely inhumane and infuriating, I wish I could find words to express my indignation but will it be another uniformed murder in the face of justice by the superheroes who are meant to wear capes and protect us....?

      - thewoman

       (Purvaja Patil)

#justiceforJayarajandBennicks #justice # custodialdeaths #policebrutality # murder