Suryanelli rape case: The victim's story

She is the 'Suryanelli girl'. "But that's not my name." It's not. It's the name of the village in Kerala's Idukki district where she lived a 16-year-old's life—happy, innocent, smiling easily. She doesn't smile easily anymore, but then, a lot more has changed since that day in 1996 when she was "trapped" by a bus conductor, the beginning of a 40-day nightmare during which she was taken all over Kerala and to parts of Tamil Nadu, raped and mutilated by 42 men. It has been a long fight, during which the case has seen several twists and turns, but she is determined to fight on.

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