Here's an outrageous false rape news story out of Pakistan. Knowing what we know, as reported here day in and day out, is it so difficult to believe this could occur in the US or the UK? We often say on this site that virtually no man is immune from a false rape claim. This case proves it.
The cousin of a mentally unstable woman accused a man of raping the woman. The accused man was arrested and jailed for a full month. Only after police received the medical report of the "victim" (that's what the story calls her) was the man cleared. The man alleged that police officers implicated him in the alleged crime because a relative of one of the police officers wanted to purchase land he owned.
What makes the story outrageous is that the falsely accused man is 90-years-old. That's right: a 90-year-old man was deemed sufficiently dangerous to be jailed for one month after being accused of raping a mentally unstable woman, and before the police even saw the medical test results.
According the news story: "A superintendent of the police in his investigation stated that no incident of the rape occurred as man was too old to commit rape and medical examination of the victim woman did not confirm the rape. Police suspended a deputy superintendent of police, the station house officer and three sub inspectors for implicating the old man in a false rape case and criminal proceedings were initiated against them."
See here: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Islamabad/27-Feb-2010/90yearold-acquitted-in-rape-case
Full story: 90-year-old acquitted in rape case
RAWALPINDI - An Additional District and Sessions (ADS) judge Friday exonerated a 90-year-old accused from a rape case after the medical report of the victim confirmed that crime was not committed with the woman.
According to the details, ADS judge Malik Sajid Ali Awan acquitted Muhammad Akbar from the charges of raping a lunatic woman in a village of Kalar Syedan on June 26 2009 since the charges could not be proved against the accused.
Syed Manzoor Shah had complained to the police that Akbar raped his cousin who was not mentally fit as some people of the area witnessed the incident.
Police arrested the old man who was later granted bail by the Lahore High Court as he remained in the jail for a month. It was on his appeal that the Supreme Court took suo moto notice of implicating the old man in a rape case.
The subsequent inquiry into the case by district and sessions judge recommended reinvestigation in the case as many lacunas were detected.
A superintendent of the police in his investigation stated that no incident of the rape occurred as man was too old to commit rape and medical examination of the victim woman did not confirm the rape.
Police suspended a deputy superintendent of police, the station house officer and three sub inspectors for implicating the old man in a false rape case and criminal proceedings were initiated against them.
Muhammad Akbar had alleged that the DSP Khalid Jamil Paracha implicated him with the help of other police officers just to deprive him of a piece of land as a relative of the DSP wanted to purchase that land.
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Pakistan, the U.S., the UK -- could happen anywhere.
this is in the supposedly oh so women discriminating pakistan, that applies sharia laws.
i remember feminists complaining that rape victims required four male witnisses lest they'd be charged with adultery.
i am still convinced women are being discriminated in pakistan but this REALLY doesnt fit into the usual picture media draws about the country.
sometimes i think it is hard wired in peoples' brains that rape is just something men do. maybe it doesnt have much to do with culture or feminsm. or the feminist rethoric of women as perpetual victims somehow strikes a chord with our instincts. and thats what makes it so dangerous. conventional justice or traditional concepts of fairness can be discarded in an instant if evil people appeal to our natural desire to shelter and protect women. thus feminists abuse a very noble aspect of human nature.
Interesting comment, Johannes: ". . . conventional justice or traditional concepts of fairness can be discarded in an instant if evil people appeal to our natural desire to shelter and protect women. thus feminists abuse a very noble aspect of human nature."
I've come to below that lots of men possess what might be called a "hero" gene, for want of a better term, that gives them gratification for defending someone against a powerful, evil force. When these men imagine themselves as heroes, I don't think they ever picture the foe as female. I don't think they get the gratification from fighting off a woman, not matter how powerful or evil she is.
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