India arrests after women's heads shaved for resisting rape.

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▼ Two people have been arrested in India's Bihar state after a group of men shaved the heads of two women as "punishment" for resisting rape.
The group, which included a local official, ambushed the mother and daughter in their home with the intent of raping them, police said.
When the women resisted, they assaulted them, shaved their heads and paraded them through the village.
Police say they are searching for five others involved in the incident.
"We were beaten with sticks very badly. I have injuries all over my body and my daughter also has some injuries," the mother told the ANI news agency.
The women also said that their heads were shaved in front of the entire village.
'There's no fear of law'
Geeta Pandey, BBC News, Delhi
The attempted rape is a sexual crime, but the subsequent assault, tonsuring the women's heads and parading them through the village is an assertion of male power in a community, deeply entrenched in patriarchy.
What is most worrisome is that the assaulting mob was led by a government official - an elected representative whose job is to look after the welfare of his people, not attack them.
The audacity of the crime shows how in parts of India there's no fear of law. (▪ ▪ ▪)

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chanakyakripa

How can there be fear of law when at end of day the keepers of law have to bend in front of the strongmen, the so called bahu balis. We need more of Gulabi gangs to confront this. And long term continued women empowerment is the answer.