A gangrape in Dombivli, Maharashtra has left the world in shock. It involves a 15-year-old minor girl who suffered brutality at the hands of over 30 men. 30! That count of accused in a single case of rape seems nothing short of surreal. But if anything, it is a serious wake-up call for all of society, particularly India because that number is very real. It is standing proof of how far we have slipped into depravity - a dystopia where women's safety is a joke and there is sick indifference surrounding it.
As per reports, 33 accused raped a young girl in Dombivli area between January and September this year. The perpetrators the survivor named included two minors as well. A student in the ninth grade, she said she was familiar with almost every person accused of sexually assaulting her. So far, 26 persons have been nabbed with a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the matter. Track updates here.