Rape Capital where a 21-year old woman was gang-raped by neighbour
A video was circulated over the Internet that has set alarm rushes across the Capital wherein victim women from Delhi’s Kasturba Nagar was sauntered to torture in full public view by a group of women at least 11 members of a family outside her neighbourhood.
At first, the victim was kidnapped, locked inside a room where she was gang-raped in front of the women, who later minced off her hair, and bruised her face with black polish, put a garland of footwear around her neck, and let her marched in the lanes near their house on Wednesday, as according to the statement released by Police.
The intention for this inhuman humiliation was yet considered as a piece of personal enmity — the family held the woman responsible for the death by suicide of one of their clan, a 16-year-old boy.
Motive of Crime
Swati, Chairperson of DWC in conversation with police convey, “Criminals belongs to the same lineage of a 16-year-old boy who allegedly killed himself on railway tracks in east Delhi last year.
The minor was prowling this 21-year-old woman (Victim) living in his neighbourhood, who is espoused and has a child. His family fellows accused the woman of their loss. They devoted the surge of crime just to take revenge on her,” said deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) R Sathiyasundaram.
Post boy’s death, the victim’s family were receiving threats and abuse calls. Even, the matter had reached such a degree that the woman avoided visiting her own parental house, and also switched to a rented home near to Karkardooma area along with her husband and two-year-old child.
Neither her family nor others except her sister and her uncle, who is visually impaired, nobody else knew her whereabouts.What Exactly happened on Wednesday that hooked the nation.
The incident took a turn when the victim’s only sister, who is the only eye-witness in the case reached to woman place at around 11.30 am. Unaware of the fact that around 11 people who were already following her rushed out of the car.
They had brought her uncle along to blackmail her. Her sister stated, “As my sister came out with her child, they subjugated her, and grabbed her only child. When I tried to stop them, they attacked me and snatched my cellphone. I somehow manage to escape the kid from them. But, they caught my sister, swaddled her… I followed them back to our neighbourhood, which is nearly 2km from the abduction spot. They took my sister inside their house locked themselves.” Around half an hour later, the kidnappers pulled the woman out with her hair chopped and face blackened.
They paraded her in the nearby lanes for another half an hour after putting a garland of footwear around her neck.
Netizens have also witnessed such videos where a man and a minor boy are seen mercilessly assaulting the woman with objects like sticks or belts. It is contended by the victim’s family that the two and another sexually assaulted and raped the woman in front of their women family members inside the room.
Reaction on Incident
Many video clips of the crime broached over social media, showered a bunch of criticism and anger from political leaders including national capital chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi residents, the Shahdara district police registered a case under 12 different sections of the Indian Penal Code.
These include gang rape, abduction, molestation, physical assault, wrongful confinement and criminal conspiracy. Of the 11 accused, seven women were arrested and two juveniles aged 15 and 17 were nabbed by the police till Thursday.
CM Kejriwal quoted the incident as “shameful”, and urged the Union government to direct Delhi Police to take strict action against the perpetrators. Adding to this, Kejriwal Ji wrote, “This is very shameful.
How did the criminals get so much courage? I urge the Union home minister and the Lieutenant Governor (LG) to instruct the police to take strict action, pay attention to the law and order situation. Delhiites will not tolerate such heinous crime and criminals at any cost.”
Victim Safety and further status
Police now has put the survivor in a “safehouse” under the surveillance of trained counsellors who will help her cope with the shock and trauma of the crime.
Police confirmed that the arrested suspects are also involved in the illegal sale of liquor, and have previously been booked in the past under the Excise Act. The criminal history of the suspects was the reason nobody from the neighbourhood dared to inform the police about the crime even after witnessing such a horrific crime.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal said the panel has issued a notice to the police sharing the video of same over her tweeter handler urges police to take strict action.
Others claimed it as a signature crime, referring to it as the sexual assault was not the main goal but shaming the woman and humiliating her was the main objective of the “perpetrators”.
Updated by Zeba Gouhar