A Woman Told One Big Lie About Rape By 139 People. This Is A Giant Stumble Backwards For Women Everywhere

A Woman Told One Big Lie About Rape By 139 People. This Is A Giant Stumble Backwards For Women Everywhere

Do you know why such a large percentage of rape and sexual assault cases go unreported? It’s because when a woman approaches the police to file a complaint against rape, she is shamed and asked vulgar questions in great detail. The police have no sense of sensitivity, something that is changing now but at a snail’s pace. Their methods and line of questioning are harsh and often cross over to victim shaming. And despite all that, the right man or men, are rarely convicted for a suitable amount of time. 

So yeah, when a woman goes to file a rape or sexual assault complaint, she knows that her life is about to get excruciatingly difficult. But she does it anyway just so that she is heard and on the off chance that she actually gets justice. The police pester for every little detail and her word doesn’t count for much anyway. This is the grim reality. This is why most rape and sexual assault cases aren’t reported at all. 

Now, the reason I am telling you’ll this is so that we can all agree that we must not do anything to jeopardize whatever little worth our word is worth, right? We must not scream wolf when it’s not there because when another woman screams wolf, the villagers won’t believe her or come to her rescue. Well, of course in my example villagers mean the police and everyone else around the victim. But you see my point, right? 

However, it happens. More often than we would like to admit. In fact, it has happened right now with the woman who said she was raped by 139 men in the span of 10 years. Remember her? A little hard to forget, isn’t she? As it turns out, she was lying. She was not raped 139 times in the last ten years. She made all that up. When I read about her statement retracting her words, I felt this gush of anger followed by sadness. 

Before I tell you why she made such grave false accusations, let me recap her story. This woman from Hyderabad approached the police and filed a complaint against 139 men. She claimed that they had raped and sexually assaulted her on different occasions in the span of 10 years. She said that it all started after her in-laws tried to rape her and she got divorced in 2010. According to her, after her divorce, she was gang-raped, drugged, forcibly made to dance and also inflicted with cigarette burn injuries among several other allegations. In her complaint, she named prominent politicians, actors, journalists even student union leaders and said they were amongst those who misbehaved with her over the years.  

Now, merely a week after making these sensational allegations, the woman has turned on her word. The 25-year-old woman held a press conference where she said that she was not raped by the 139 people that she had named. She was forced to name innocent people because she was being threatened, blackmailed and exploited by a man she identified as Raja Sreekar Reddy whose alias is Dollar Bhai. The complainant met him while she was looking for a job opportunity and he went on to sexually exploit and blackmail her. 

She said in the press conference, “Only due to pressure I was forced to make rape allegations against 139 people. I was beaten badly to make a complaint against these persons. All the fake allegations which I made in the press were tutored by him.” 

Further adding, “Why are you including their names, I had asked him. I said we should name only those who harassed and raped me. For this, he physically and mentally tortured me…He threatened to kill my family and forced me to add names. I told him that many people who had no relation to me were being named and I said that this would be unjust. I fought with him. In response to this, he beat me and I went to the police station and filed a complaint with that pain.” 

She then went on to apologize to all the people that were named in her complaint, specifically two actors. She said, “The 139 people did not rape me. I was threatened to file a complaint against them. I am sorry for it.” 

However, she maintained that few of the people that she had named in her original complaint had raped and harassed her. She further alleged that ‘Dollar Bhai’ made her add all those extra names to get fame and attention. The woman was forced to go along with his plan because not only did he threaten to kill her and her family but he also had personal and private photos of her that he was using as leverage for blackmail. 

In the press conference, the complainant said, “Now that people and organisations have come to back me, I am telling the whole truth. I am only wishing punishment for those who really raped, harassed and blackmailed me. After a lot of discussions with my family, I have come forward to tell the full truth. I want to say sorry to those who I named who had no connection with the case. I know that the media may think I’m going back on my previous statements, but I only want to ensure that no woman goes through what I went through and I just want my photos and videos deleted. I want police to take action on those people.”  

Also Read: This 25-Year-Old Woman From Hyderabad Claims She Was Raped By 139 Men Over 10 Years. If Proven False, The Word Of Women Everywhere Will Be Suspect

If what she is saying in this press conference is true, then we all want justice for her. But the thing is, she has lost all credibility now. Her complaint was not a casual one. She named 139 people and claimed that they raped, harassed and tortured her. What I want to know is that if this ‘Dollar Bhai’ was threatening and blackmailing her, why did she retract the statement so soon? Is he not threatening her anymore or did she risk her and her family’s life to save those 139 people? And why is she continuously apologising? If she was indeed being exploited by this man, what does she have to apologise for? There is something so fishy at play here. 

There will be consequences of her filing this false report. We might not be able to see it but somewhere, some woman will be denied justice because now her rape accusation will be handled with scepticism. She will be asked more questions and her character will further be dissected into shreds. And while the police are busy wondering whether the victim is lying or not (like this woman was), the accused will have escaped. 

This 25-year-old woman’s false accusations will make it so much harder for other women to be taken seriously now. It’s extremely shameful. Let’s just hope there is a proper investigation into this matter so it’s all clear once and for all.  

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