Alleged gang-rape in Delhi: Police claim arrest of 11 people, accused of shaving victim's head, getting ink on face
Police have so far arrested 11 people in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a girl in the Shahdara area of Delhi, India.
It is alleged that the woman's head was shaved, her face covered with ink and her shoe necklace was used to make a spectacle on the street. ''The victim is said to be 20 years old.''
Eleven people were named in the FIR and nine women were among those arrested, Delhi Police said. Delhi Police also said that more arrests would be made soon.
The girl's husband reported the incident to police on Wednesday, according to ANI news agency. He was not present at the scene and his landlord informed him about it.
Police said that as soon as the incident was reported, they rushed to the spot and rescued the girl and brought her to the police station.
Police have registered a case under various provisions of the IPC, including charges of gang rape, assault, sexual assault and criminal conspiracy.
Statement of the victim's sister
The woman's sister told PTI that a boy from the neighborhood had committed suicide in November last year. The boy claimed that he loved the girl.
She said the boy's family blamed his sister for his son's death.
The girl's younger sister said her sister had been intimidated and harassed since November last year. In November, the son of one of the accused committed suicide on the railway track when his sister allegedly turned him down.
According to a PTI report, the boy's family members allegedly swore revenge.
The victim's sister said that on Wednesday her sister was coming to give her wheat and she did not know that some people were chasing her. "Some had sticks in their hands and some had scissors in their hands."
She said her sister was abducted in an auto rickshaw in front of him when she reached his house and heard a noise from outside.
She said, ''They snatched my mobile phone so that I could not report it to the police.''They kidnapped my sister right before my eyes. Inside the car, they started cutting my sister's hair. He was taken to a house where the house was locked from the inside, his head was shaved, he was badly beaten and my sister was mistreated.
He said that his nephew was also abducted by the accused but she somehow managed to free him. He hid his nephew in a house and said his life was in danger.
Police FIR
The victim's sister said that when all this was happening to my sister, no one came to help her, no neighbor came to save her out of fear.
Police say all 11 suspects named in the case are involved in the illicit liquor trade. Police say the arrests include two young men accused of rape.
The victim was married in 2018 and lives with her three-year-old son in a rented house in Delhi's Anand Vihar area.
Her sister said: "Every time they made a threat, they would inform the police and the matter would be settled amicably but no one expected that my sister would be attacked openly." ۔
The sisters' father has a stroke and often falls ill, while his mother died in 2020 of a heart attack. From then on, all the responsibilities of the house fell on the elder sister.
The victim's father told PTI: "There was no problem with my daughter's marriage. They have been harassing her for the last one year. They have been threatening me and my daughters but I What could i do Was lying on the bed.
Demand for justice
Relatives of the victim and villagers have been demanding justice since the incident.
"We want the perpetrators to be punished severely," said the victim's grandparents. This should not happen to any daughter in this country. "
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday termed the incident as shameful and appealed to the central government to direct the police to take stern action.
The Delhi Women's Commission issued a notice to the Delhi Police in connection with the incident and demanded immediate action to arrest the other accused.
Earlier, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police in Shahdara area R Sathiyo Sandram had said that a tragic incident of rape of a woman took place in Shahdara district due to mutual enmity. Police have arrested four suspects and the incident is being investigated and the victim is being provided counseling and other assistance.