Over 30 years since the Islamic rape scandal in Ajmer, India, it still causes much grief and anguish
For decades, the Indian media has artfully played the game of hiding scandals or instances that exposed the activities of Islamic supremacists and jihadis, and illuminated their mindset. However, in the past ten years, the onset of Internet literacy among Indians and their newly found zeal for political and social awareness have exhumed many skeletons of Islamic jihad activity. The 1992 Ajmer rape case is just one such incident. This dead topic found its way back to the media after the teaser of the Hindi movie called Ajmer 92 was released a couple of months ago. Despite many objections from the Muslim camp, as well as threats and political gimmicks, the movie finally made its way to the theatres on Friday, July 21, 2023, sparking widespread national discussion of these gory serial rapes.It's utterly chilling what these poor women went through, and equally horrific is how corrupt politicians tried to conceal it for a time, until justice finally prevailed and the rapists were tried and imprisoned. Also chilling is how the rapists themselves were in prominent political positions, and this is exactly why they can't be allowed to run for office. The scandal can also give a warning why even Sufi Islamists can be very dangerous.
Ajmer is a prominent town, one of the oldest in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is home to a major Muslim shrine, the tomb of Ajmer Shariff. Politicians, celebrities and high-profile media influencers frequent this Sufi tomb to pay respects, as well as to gain publicity and media headlines. Though the shrine is considered one of the holiest for Muslims in India, in 1992, its high-profile caretakers were embroiled in a serial rape case. Their massive religious influence aside, they were also politically well-connected, which, according to reports, seamlessly helped bury the scandalous and ghastly incident.
The chilling 1992 Ajmer serial rapes involved hundreds of school girls, a Muslim Chishti and some horrifying instances of blackmail and sexual exploitation.
These cases came to light after a local paper, Navjyoti, released some highly objectionable photographs, along with a report claiming that some local gangs were blackmailing female students of Ajmer’s Sophia Girls School. The horrific news sent tremors across the country, and readers were deeply shocked at the revelations.
The scandal started with one Farooq Chishti, who belonged to the khadims (caretakers) of Ajmer Sharif Dargah, befriending a student of the Girl’s School and luring her into his sinister trap. Reportedly, he raped her, took some inappropriate photographs, and then began blackmailing her. This student was not the only victim of the notorious cycle involving this khadim. The khadim had demanded that she bring him more girls. The girl was forced to introduce him to other girls to keep him from making her inappropriate pictures public; the girls she brought in were also raped and blackmailed in the same way.
The gang, which consisted of Muslim men from seats of religious and political influence, continued to expand its operations and target an increasing number of Hindu minor girls. While Farooq Chishti was the president of the Ajmer Youth Congress, others, such as Anwar Chishti and Nafis Chishti, held key positions, including joint secretary and vice president of the city Congress unit. (The Congress is India’s grand old party, which ruled the country for most of its independent years and exerted significant influence countrywide.) Some of the other accused were also the Chishti khadims (caretakers) of the Islamic shrine, Ajmer Dargah.
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