Jodhpur horror: Younger sibling takes life after elder sister’s death

Years of gang-rape and blackmail led two sisters in Jodhpur to death; the accused started sexually assaulting the younger sister by blackmailing her with her sister’s videos.

In March, a woman died by suicide after facing years of gang-rape and blackmailing in Rajasthan. Now, nearly after two months later, the woman’s younger sister has also taken her life after the accused allegedly started sexually assaulting her by blackmailing her with her sister’s videos.

The death of two sisters in rural Jodhpur triggers massive tension.

The death of two sisters in rural Jodhpur has triggered massive tension in the area, fuelling allegations of police negligence and a failure to act against the accused. The victim’s father has questioned police conduct and demanded an impartial investigation and severe punishment for the culprits. Two accused in the case have been detained, while several others are questioned in this regard, said the police.

More on the horrific deaths of the two sisters within two months.

The elder sibling was trapped by Mahipal, a local e-Mitra service centre operator who had secretly recorded her obscene videos, her sister said in a police complaint filed on April 11. She named a total of eight individuals in her complaint, including Shivraj, Gopal, Vijaram, Dinesh, Manoj, and Pukhraj, accusing them of gang-raping her sister and issuing threats. Mahipal and his accomplices exploiter her for around four years, and continuously extorted money by blackmailing her, she said in her complaint. She died by suicide on March 20, unable to bear the torture any longer, she added. The younger one had warned the police she would take her own life if she didn’t get justice. Though an FIR was registered on her complaint, no concrete action was allegedly taken in the month that followed.

The horror didn’t stop there. After her sister’s suicide, the woman alleged that the accused turned to her. She said that they sexually assaulted her by threatening to make her sister’s videos public. On Friday, the younger sister then climbed atop a water tank and demanded that the accused be arrested. She then consumed poison and died while being taken to the hospital. This has sparked massive outrage within the Rajput community. The community has demanded the immediate arrest of the accused and strict disciplinary action against the negligent police personnel.