Monsoon Rains And Landslides Kill At Least 180 People Across South Asia

South Asia’s monsoon rains and landslides killed at least 180 people, with the toll reported by “un nouveau bilan mardi des autorités des pays touchés.”

“A brutal gang rape in India revives painful memories of 2012 Delhi assault Thirteen years after the gang rape of an Indian woman on a bus in the capital Delhi made global headlines, a new case that comes close in brutality inflicted on a woman has been reported from the northern state of Bihar”

BBC

In Bangladesh, the flooding and related incidents killed at least five children who “se sont noyés lundi au Bangladesh,” bringing the nation’s deaths to 34.

BBC

In Nepal, “au moins 67 personnes ont péri dans des inondations,” while in India the monsoon “a coûté la vie à quelque 50 personnes.”

In Assam, authorities “ont décrété l’alerte rouge,” where floods “ont tué jusqu’ici 11 habitants et déplacé 83.000 personnes,” and in Bihar “24 décès ont été rapportés” as floods affected “2,5 millions de résidents.”

A BBC report described a case in Bihar where a 28-year-old mother of four children, called Soma, said she was attacked in her own home and gang-raped by a group of men on the night of 11 June in a village in Begusarai.

Begusarai superintendent of police Maneesh told the BBC that Soma’s “medical report has confirmed sexual assault,” and said “There are three named and two unidentified accused in this case.”

El Mundo

The BBC said Soma told it that five men barged in while she was in the toilet outside her one-room home, and she said, “They stripped me, gagged me, and tied my hands.”

The BBC also reported that the police station head Rajiv Kumar was suspended for “negligence, apathy, and insensitivity,” and that an FIR was registered on 13 June.

In New Delhi, Europe 1 described a case in which a 5-year-old girl was “violée et mutilée à New Delhi” by an “homme d’une vingtaine d’années,” with the suspect described as a neighbor of 22 years old.

“The woman was raped by five men”

El Mundo

Europe 1 said the girl was so badly injured that she was treated in “le meilleur hôpital public de la capitale fédérale indienne,” and quoted the hospital’s chief doctor D.K. Sharma saying, “Elle est dans un état stable et elle montre ses signes d'amélioration.”

The report said the suspect was arrested Saturday after being detained for a neighbor’s attack, and it described that he had kept the child for “40 heures,” before being apprehended after he “s'être réfugié chez ses beaux-parents dans l'Etat du Bihar.”

Europe 1 also said the police recorded a “bond de 148%” in rape cases between the 1er janvier and the 24 mars, and a “hausse de 600%” in sexual assault cases between the 1er janvier and the 3 avril.