This is again another shocking gang rape in Delhi. Sometime ago (and even today), we discussed how unsafe Delhi is, specially for women in the NE.
The place seems to becoming culturally and morally bankrupt. The Hindu link also provides some stats. This year already, there have been 2706 rapes, in 04, there were 5568, in 03 - 4338 .... Are these stats in line with other cities? With the stigma attached to rapes, one would think a vast majority goes unreported. _______________________________ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005081213400100.htm&date=2005/08/12/&prd=th&; Another night, another nightmare of a gang-rape Devesh K. Pandey NEW DELHI: The Capital was shaken by yet another case of gang-rape in the wee hours of Thursday. The victim was a 16-year-old girl who was criminally assaulted by six men in a stationary bus parked at a depot near Najafgarh in South-West Delhi. The accused have been remanded by a court to two-day police custody for further interrogation as the police suspect involvement of some more people in the ghastly crime. It was around 1-30 a.m. that the Police Control Room received a phone call informing that some people were assaulting a minor girl in a stationary bus of route 578 at the Dichaon Kalan village bus depot in Najafgarh. Two PCR vans on night patrol rushed to the spot and the local police were alerted. As the police reached the spot, they saw the bus stationed there and heard a girl crying out for help. Assistant Sub-Inspector Jagbir Singh entered the bus and saw the accused assaulting the victim. According to the police, one of the accused tried to flee but was overpowered. The other accused were rounded up with the help of the local police and the girl was taken to hospital for medical examination. During interrogation by the police, the accused identified themselves as bus drivers Narender and Rajbir, conductors Vikas and Shekhar, and helper Narender. The sixth accused was identified as Sandeep, a trader described as a friend of the bus employees. Still to recover from the trauma, the girl purportedly told the police that she had run away from her Mahipalpur home in the Capital a few days ago. Around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, she boarded a bus from Shiv Murti and got down at the Dichaon Kalan bus depot where she met the bus helper, Narender, with whom she was acquainted. According to her, they chatted for a while, after which Narender took her to the bus parked nearby. In the bus, she saw some men on board. According to the girl, the occupants of the bus overpowered her and assaulted her by turns. After the medical examination of the girl in hospital later in the morning, the accused were produced by the police in court, where the Judge remanded them to two days in police custody. "The victim is still in a state of shock and unable to recall the incident properly. For now, we are providing her psychological counselling, after which she would be in a position to give her statement," said a senior police officer on Thursday evening, adding that an identification parade would soon be held for identification of the accused by the victim. The All India Progressive Women's Association has condemned the crime and demanded resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, holding them responsible for the increasing incidence of crimes against women in the Capital. The Association alleged that criminals were being appointed as drivers and conductors in Blueline buses. It demanded arrangement of special DTC buses for women. To register its protest, the Association will hold a dharna at Delhi Police Headquarters on Friday. (c) Copyright 2000 - 2005 The Hindu _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
