Deaf Teacher Arrested For Raping Toddler

Deaf teacher arrested for defiling 6-month-old baby in Nigeria.

DAMATURU, NIGERIA -- 40-year-old Deaf teacher, Shaaibu Yakubu Abdullahi, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), for allegedly defiling 6-month-old baby in Potiskum, Yobe state.

According to the NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Gidado Fari, the suspect was arrested after a non-governmental organization, National Council of Women Society (NCWS) reported him to the corps.

He said the Deaf teachers allegedly conspired with his 10-year-old student, (name withheld) who took the 6-year-old baby to him from her neighbor’s house, “He defiled the baby,” he said

The commandant said the suspect denied any knowledge of the case, but the 10-year-old student insisted that it was Shaaibu, pointing at him in a group picture of staff and students taken in the school.

He said that the matter was taken to the state’s Ministry of Justice for prosecution as the case needs a professional in sign language to interpret.

The President, National Council of Women Society, (NCWS) Halima Kyari Joda, said the Baby was taken to University of Maiduguri for treatment,

“She was attended by a consultant, she underwent two separate operations. But, we will continue to pursue her case until justice is served” she added.

SOURCE - DailyTrust

Deaf Rape Victim Dies in Acid Attack

WATCH [CC] - Deaf rape victim dies in acid attack in West Bengal.

KRISHNAGAR, WB -- A 28-year-old Deaf and mute woman of a village in Nadia district died of severe burns after an unidentified man threw acid on her while she wassleeping, police said today.

The woman, who was allegedly raped last month by an unidentified man of her village, was sleeping in her house late last night at Betai Natunpara village when acid was thrown at her through an open window, Nadia SP S R Jhajharia said.

Suffering from severe burns, she was first taken to a hospital at Tehatta from where she was referred to a hospital at Krishnagar, the district headquarters, he said.

The woman succumbed to her burn injuries shortly after she was admitted to the hospital, Jhajharia said, adding her body has been sent for a post mortem.

The family is suspecting the hand of a villager who allegedly raped her last month and asked her not to make a police complaint about the crime, the SP said.

But the woman did file a police complaint following which a spot inquiry was conducted by the police a week ago, he added.

SOURCE - NewIndianExpress