WIM flays Josephine over Ayiloor incident
The Hindu
Women’s Commission Chairperson selective in her actions, says activist
The Women India Movement (WIM) here on Wednesday criticised State Women’s Commission Chairperson M.C. Josephine for her “overzealousness” in intervening and making comments about the Rahman-Sajita couple who lived secretly together in a tiny room for the past 11 years at Ayiloor near Nenmara. Ms. Josephine had met Rahman and Sajita on Tuesday and expressed dismay and disbelief at their version of the story that they had lived 11 years without attracting anyone’s notice. She also had said that confinement or captivity in any form could not be accepted even if Sajita had been well fed and well taken care of. WIM State president K.K. Raihanath said that the interest displayed by Ms. Josephine in the secret life of Rahman and Sajita was with mala fide intentions even if there was no complaint from the couple. The police too had not registered any case.
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