Word: yaqub
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...Bilqis Yaqub Rasool used to live in the village of Randhikpur. When a local mob began its attack, she escaped into a forest with some relatives, including her three-year-old daughter. After three days in hiding, the group was discovered. Rasool watched as the mob smashed her daughter with a stone, killing her instantly. Then Rasool, who was five months pregnant, was raped by three assailants and left for dead. When she regained consciousness, all her relatives had been massacred...
...Rasool now lives in a rented house in Godhra, a wealthy town of businessmen and farmers and a sizable Muslim population, with her husband, Yaqub, a cowherd. Rasool has identified all the members of the mob in a police complaint, including her three rapists. To date, none have been arrested. "They send word from the village that they will kill us both," says Yaqub. "If the government wanted, they could arrest all these people." He claims they've been spared because they are members...