After 5 years, ladies’s panel takes up plea of Suryanelli rape survivor’s mother and father

Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The mother and father of Suryanelli rape survivor has acquired a shock from the Kerala Women’s Commission workplace informing that their grievance lodged in July 2017 has lastly been taken up. Their plea was to withdraw the copies of former investigating officer IG Siby Mathews’ service story guide, ‘Nirbhayam’, launched that 12 months and in addition give crucial directives to take away private and inappropriate feedback concerning the survivor and them from the longer term editions of the guide.  

The household of the the now 41-year-old survivor had approached the KWC throughout late M C Josephine’s tenure in July 2017. They have been purportedly requested to not proceed with their plea by Josephine citing that the writer was a high police official. The survivor’s mother and father, who’re of their late 70s, acquired the shock once they heard from KWC chairperson P Satheedevi’s workplace on Monday.

“As  part of disposing of the files, the parents got a letter from the KWC regarding their July 6, 2017 complaint. They were asked to get in touch with the KWC within 10 days if they still wish to go ahead with their earlier complaint. They are extremely happy with the latest  development. The Suryanelli case is still going on as their appeal against granting bail to the main accused, S Dharmarajan, who is serving life sentence is still pending before the Supreme Court,” a household supply informed TNIE.

The household supply additionally mentioned Siby Mathews in his memoirs had penned concerning the survivor’s private particulars and inappropriate feedback about her sickness following the serial rape. They have been additionally peeved that her identification was additionally revealed which precipitated them additional humiliation once they had been already going by way of a horrible section since 1996. The household had straight come to the KWC workplace in Thiruvananthapuram and lodged a grievance towards Siby Mathews’ guide in July 2017 itself.

“During the last four years, we had never heard from the KWC. We were not in a position to chase our complaint mentally and physically. The book is still in circulation and the readers and legal students will take it up as an official historical document which would put us again in bad light. Hence, the copies which are in circulation should be withdrawn and in the subsequent editions, the excerpts where we and our daughter have been put in bad light should be withdrawn,” added the household supply.

The case of kidnapping and rape of the then 16-year-old schoolgirl from Suryanelli in Idukki was registered in 1996. The woman was allegedly lured with the promise of marriage and kidnapped. She was allegedly raped by 45 individuals, over a interval of 40 days, after taking her to numerous locations.

OBJECTIONABLE DETAILS’ REMOVAL SOUGHT
In the grievance filed in 2017, the mother and father of the rape survivor had sought removing of objectionable particulars about her and them from the longer term editions of former investigating officer IG Siby Mathews’ service story

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The mother and father of Suryanelli rape survivor has acquired a shock from the Kerala Women’s Commission workplace informing that their grievance lodged in July 2017 has lastly been taken up. Their plea was to withdraw the copies of former investigating officer IG Siby Mathews’ service story guide, ‘Nirbhayam’, launched that 12 months and in addition give crucial directives to take away private and inappropriate feedback concerning the survivor and them from the longer term editions of the guide.  

The household of the the now 41-year-old survivor had approached the KWC throughout late M C Josephine’s tenure in July 2017. They have been purportedly requested to not proceed with their plea by Josephine citing that the writer was a high police official. The survivor’s mother and father, who’re of their late 70s, acquired the shock once they heard from KWC chairperson P Satheedevi’s workplace on Monday.

“As  part of disposing of the files, the parents got a letter from the KWC regarding their July 6, 2017 complaint. They were asked to get in touch with the KWC within 10 days if they still wish to go ahead with their earlier complaint. They are extremely happy with the latest  development. The Suryanelli case is still going on as their appeal against granting bail to the main accused, S Dharmarajan, who is serving life sentence is still pending before the Supreme Court,” a household supply informed TNIE.

The household supply additionally mentioned Siby Mathews in his memoirs had penned concerning the survivor’s private particulars and inappropriate feedback about her sickness following the serial rape. They have been additionally peeved that her identification was additionally revealed which precipitated them additional humiliation once they had been already going by way of a horrible section since 1996. The household had straight come to the KWC workplace in Thiruvananthapuram and lodged a grievance towards Siby Mathews’ guide in July 2017 itself.

“During the last four years, we had never heard from the KWC. We were not in a position to chase our complaint mentally and physically. The book is still in circulation and the readers and legal students will take it up as an official historical document which would put us again in bad light. Hence, the copies which are in circulation should be withdrawn and in the subsequent editions, the excerpts where we and our daughter have been put in bad light should be withdrawn,” added the household supply.

The case of kidnapping and rape of the then 16-year-old schoolgirl from Suryanelli in Idukki was registered in 1996. The woman was allegedly lured with the promise of marriage and kidnapped. She was allegedly raped by 45 individuals, over a interval of 40 days, after taking her to numerous locations.

OBJECTIONABLE DETAILS’ REMOVAL SOUGHT
In the grievance filed in 2017, the mother and father of the rape survivor had sought removing of objectionable particulars about her and them from the longer term editions of former investigating officer IG Siby Mathews’ service story