Dozens of Hindu women organized hunger strikes and threatened to set themselves on fire if the case proceeded. At one point, a mob of Hindu lawyers physically blocked police officers from entering a courthouse to file charges against the men. Before the hearing, the police tightened security by deploying several hundred officers around the building and by bringing in a tank. Three of the men, including Mr. Ram, were convicted on charges of kidnapping, rape and murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. “In her, I had a new life, a reason to live.

Source: New York Times June 10, 2019 12:56 UTC