New Delhi, Jan 7: When Angammal was being sexually abused inside a police station for six days over a decade ago, her son was just a little boy. As the case drags on in court, the little boy is now a student of law, convinced that he could argue his mother's case better than any man in black robes.
The trial in the case started 14 years ago. It continues today.
The trial in Vatchathi mass rape case, which occurred in Tamil Nadu's Vatchathi village over three days in June 1992, dragged on for 19 years. Over the three days, 18 women were repeatedly raped and many Dalit men beaten and abused. Among the 269 convicted were nearly 100 policemen and revenue and forest officials. This case was perhaps a record one, for the length of the trial.
