Gang rape victim's kin to get government aid

RANCHI: District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Jamatara on Sunday submitted a report to the Jharkhand high court enumerating the measures envisaged by the district administration for the welfare of dependents of the woman who was gang raped by her estranged husband and two of his accomplices under Narayanpur police station area last Tuesday. The victim had succumbed to the injuries sustained during the crime.
The report has mentioned that the district administration officers have assured a host of welfare measures for the 70-year-old mother of the deceased and other members of the family, including Rs 20,000 as family benefit, 30kg of rice, 5kg of pulse and a goat or pig shed according to the demand of the family. The administration has promised that daughters of the victim would be admitted to the Kasturba Gandhi School and they will get monetary aid after opening of their bank account. The administration has stated that it would provide all assistance for the last rites of the deceased. It has also assured that other benefits of the government schemes would be provided to the family.
HC sources said DLSA swung into action following the direction of justice A B Singh of the HC who is also the zonal judge of the area. A team comprising principal district and session judge (in-charge) and chairman (in-charge) DLSA and a host of district administration officials visited the victim's house at Lakhanpur village and carried out inquiry regarding the dependents of the victim.
The report also mentions about the circumstances leading to the crime against the woman that led to her death. It mentioned that woman was married to Umesh Marandi in 2000 and the couple had three daughters. Marandi, however, left her four years ago after which and she was living at her parent's house in Lakhanpur.