Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Nov 11, 2012, 01.01AM IST
NEW DELHI: A woman who firmly repelled the advances of a neighbourhood troublemaker over a year was abducted and raped by him on Friday evening. Although police denied the woman was gang-raped, the reported circumstances of the case have raised doubts.
The entire abduction-and-rape outrage occurred within a 3km radius of Naya Bans in outer Delhi. The case is especially shocking as the woman was assaulted in a moving Alto car early in the evening when Delhi and NCR witnessed the first Diwali rush.
Police said the 20-year-old was returning from a friend's house, hardly 150m from her own, when she was pulled inside the car by her neighbour, Raju. Three of his friends were reportedly in the car at the time.
"The main accused, Raju, forced her inside the Alto and told his friends to drive around. The trio, Rinku, Ashu and Sunny, sat in the front seats while Raju sexually assaulted the woman on the rear seat. All this time, the car moved within a 3km radius around Holambi Kalan, Naya Bans and Shahbad Dairy in outer Delhi. The men dumped her near her house at 5.30pm, and she called up the police at 5.32pm," said an officer investigating the case. However, the idea of three adults sharing the front seats of an Alto and driving unnoticed stretches the imagination.
While the woman's medical examination has confirmed rape, so far only one of the accused, Ashu, has been arrested. The Shahbad Dairy police have registered a case of rape and kidnapping and are looking for the three other men. Police teams across the city have been alerted about the Alto used in the crime. However, its ownership details have not been confirmed.
Sources said Raju had been pursuing the woman for a year and had started threatening her not to spurn him since last month. He allegedly called her up on Thursday night as well. But police say the family kept quiet about the harassment.
All the accused are residents of Holambi Kalan and Naya Bans and are aged around 20 years. "They are dropouts and jobless," said the investigating officer. He, however, insisted only Raju had raped the woman. "It was not a case of gang rape,'' he said.
The case has once again highlighted Delhi's poor record on women's safety with an average of 2.8 rapes reported per lakh population. Sociologists say it also points to the collapse of the community framework as the offenders in this case were the victim's neighbours.
Link: Neighbour rapes woman in moving car
The entire abduction-and-rape outrage occurred within a 3km radius of Naya Bans in outer Delhi. The case is especially shocking as the woman was assaulted in a moving Alto car early in the evening when Delhi and NCR witnessed the first Diwali rush.
Police said the 20-year-old was returning from a friend's house, hardly 150m from her own, when she was pulled inside the car by her neighbour, Raju. Three of his friends were reportedly in the car at the time.
"The main accused, Raju, forced her inside the Alto and told his friends to drive around. The trio, Rinku, Ashu and Sunny, sat in the front seats while Raju sexually assaulted the woman on the rear seat. All this time, the car moved within a 3km radius around Holambi Kalan, Naya Bans and Shahbad Dairy in outer Delhi. The men dumped her near her house at 5.30pm, and she called up the police at 5.32pm," said an officer investigating the case. However, the idea of three adults sharing the front seats of an Alto and driving unnoticed stretches the imagination.
While the woman's medical examination has confirmed rape, so far only one of the accused, Ashu, has been arrested. The Shahbad Dairy police have registered a case of rape and kidnapping and are looking for the three other men. Police teams across the city have been alerted about the Alto used in the crime. However, its ownership details have not been confirmed.
Sources said Raju had been pursuing the woman for a year and had started threatening her not to spurn him since last month. He allegedly called her up on Thursday night as well. But police say the family kept quiet about the harassment.
All the accused are residents of Holambi Kalan and Naya Bans and are aged around 20 years. "They are dropouts and jobless," said the investigating officer. He, however, insisted only Raju had raped the woman. "It was not a case of gang rape,'' he said.
The case has once again highlighted Delhi's poor record on women's safety with an average of 2.8 rapes reported per lakh population. Sociologists say it also points to the collapse of the community framework as the offenders in this case were the victim's neighbours.
Link: Neighbour rapes woman in moving car
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