4/1/13 A group of angry women reportedly set upon an Indian politician accused of rape and doled out a bit of street justice. According to the New York Times‘ India Ink blog, Bikram Singh Brahma, a member of the Congress Party in the northeastern state of Assam, was attacked after his arrest for the sexual assault of a woman in Assam’s Chirang district.

In a nation already inflamed over the brutal gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman on a bus in New Delhi, Brahma was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly raped a woman Wednesday night while staying as a guest in her family’s house.

G. P. Singh, the zonal inspector general of police, told the Times in a telephone interview that a case has been filed against Brahma under Indian Penal Code 376 by the woman’s husband. I.P.C. 376 is the code that deals with cases of rape and sexual assault.


Brahma, who denies the charges against him, was attacked by local women who stripped and beat him, according to Sanjit Krishna, the area superintendent of police. Local television showed footage of Brahma struggling to make his way through a crowd of women as they tore off his shirt and hit him in the face and upper body.

Bangalore Men Wear Skirts To Show Support For India's Women In Wake Of Gang Rape

A group of men in Bangalore, India, donned skirts to show support for India's women in the wake of the Dec. 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi.

The 25 men in skirts joined hundreds of activists in Cubbon Park Saturday to show that a particular style of clothing does not invite sexual assault, according to a Facebook post about the event.

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Samarpita Samaddar, a communications professional, and entrepreneur Aditya Mallya organized the "Skirt the Issue" gathering primarily through Facebook, the Press Trust of India reports. Though the turnout was not as much as they initially expected -- more than 500 men across the country responded -- Samaddar reasoned that "it takes a lot for a man to dress like a woman."

“There has been talk about banning skirts for women in order to prevent rape and honestly I have been angry for a long time but I wanted to do something different like the usual candlelight vigils," she told Daily News & Analysis India. "This is not a protest of any kind."

The skirt rally is one of many anti-rape protests that have taken place across the country in recent weeks, as murder charges are brought against the alleged attackers in the New Delhi case. (The student died at a Singapore hospital just days after the brutal attack.)

However, the use of skirts to raise awareness is, in particular, a nod to Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Banwari Lal Singhal's suggested ban on skirts as school uniforms for girls. Singhal penned a letter to Rajasthan Chief Secretary C. K. Mathew in December, demanding that skirts be replaced by trousers to keep female students away from "men's lustful gazes," PTI reports.

Despite mass rallies and instances of Indian women taking matters into their own hands, sexual attacks in the country have continued, and another woman was allegedly gang-raped on a moving bus in the northern Punjab state of India Friday.

Police arrested six suspects in the case Saturday, including the bus' driver and condutor, who allegedly drove the 29-year-old female passenger to a desolate location, where the assault took place.

I was hanging out with a girl from India before and she said it's fucking terrible over there and she was happy to be in the US.

The movie Slum Dog Millionaire made me grateful to live in America.

I hope Obama sends drones or special forces to get the savages who gang raped that girl to death.

I go to the Indian buffet once a week, the people are nice and the food is great.