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The pink vigilantes: The Indian women fighting for women's rights
by POLLY DUNBAR
They may dress in candy-pink saris but their reputation is far from sweet.
These woman are the Pink Vigilantes, members of a group sworn to root out corruption in the police force and deliver ruthless summary justice to anyone believed guilty of domestic violence or sexual abuse.
The women, who operate in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, wear pink as a kind of makeshift uniform - and their ranks have swelled to several hundred strong.
They arm themselves with lathi - traditional sticks - which they have used to beat men who have abandoned or abused their wives and policemen who have refused to register claims of rape.
Rough justice: Leader Sampat Pal Devi and members of the Gulabi Gang with their traditional fighting sticks
rest of the article after the cut
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by POLLY DUNBAR
They may dress in candy-pink saris but their reputation is far from sweet.
These woman are the Pink Vigilantes, members of a group sworn to root out corruption in the police force and deliver ruthless summary justice to anyone believed guilty of domestic violence or sexual abuse.
The women, who operate in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, wear pink as a kind of makeshift uniform - and their ranks have swelled to several hundred strong.
They arm themselves with lathi - traditional sticks - which they have used to beat men who have abandoned or abused their wives and policemen who have refused to register claims of rape.
Rough justice: Leader Sampat Pal Devi and members of the Gulabi Gang with their traditional fighting sticks
rest of the article after the cut
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