What happens after the last reporter goes away? In a series titled 'Twice Cursed', Gaon Connection revisits the families of the victims of rape, now forgotten. Despite the 'stringent' POCSO Act, the family of two minor girls, who were allegedly gangraped and murdered in 2014 in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, are still awaiting justice.

Gaon Connection’s ground report on the families of gangrape and murder victims from Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun has been awarded as the best English Web Investigative story this year.

गाँव कनेक्शन में प्रकाशित दो ख़बरों को लाडली अवार्ड मिला है, महिला सशक्तिकरण से जुड़े मुद्दों पर संवेदनशील रिपोर्टिंग के लिए हर साल ये अवार्ड दिए जाते हैं।

Two ground reports from Uttar Pradesh which documented the crimes against Dalit girls have been honoured at the Laadli Awards 2023. They have been awarded in the categories of the English Investigative Story and Web Investigative Story respectively.

Yesterday, two minor Dalit sisters were raped and killed. Their bodies were found hanging from a khair tree in a sugarcane field in their village in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. A heinous crime that is distressingly frequent in rural India. Meanwhile, the conviction rate under POSCO Act is only about 40 per cent. And, a significant chunk of the Nirbhaya funds remain unutilised by the state governments.

Last year, the panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki turned murky when a minor daughter of a Dalit, who was contesting the polls, was allegedly gangraped. The survivor and her family complain that they continue to face threats from the accused who are free on bail. In a series titled 'Twice Cursed', Gaon Connection revisits families of the victims and survivors of rape, now forgotten.