Hindustan Times
written by Shashank Shekhar
Wednesday July 9, 2014
A 22-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by four men in a moving car in Ghaziabad on Monday night. She was dumped near Fortis hospital in Noida around midnight with her hands and legs tied and a bottle shoved inside her.
The main accused, who is known to the victim, has been detained by Ghaziabad police. An FIR has been registered and her statement recorded. However, the FIR doesn’t mention the assault with the bottle — the brutality of which brings back memories of the December 16, 2012 gang-rape of a woman on a moving bus in Delhi.
The gang-rape happened despite the victim having approached the Meerut zone IG last week seeking protection. “She feared an attack from the accused, so she went to meet a senior officer. The IG asked her to meet the Ghaziabad SSP for protection. She was supposed to meet the SSP on Tuesday but was attacked on Monday night,” her friend told HT.
The 22-year-old told the police she was shopping in the Vasundhara area when the men pulled her inside a Maruti van, beat her, tied her up and raped her, even assaulting her with an alcohol bottle. They made an MMS before dumping her.
The victim was rescued by Satish Bhati, a passerby. “I was walking home when I heard a cry. I saw her bleeding and tied up. She was crying loudly, complaining of a pain in her stomach. This is when I noticed a bottle had been inserted in her private parts. I immediately pulled it out and dialed 100. The police came but instead of taking her to the hospital, they took her to the police post,” said Bhati.
After taking down her complaint and statement, then police took the victim to the district hospital, where a medical exam was conducted. Doctors confirmed rape with severe injuries.
According to the victim’s friend, the accused had been blackmailing and abusing her for a while now. “They were earlier friends but he made an obscene MMS of her and started blackmailing, abusing and torturing her. He burnt her legs with cigarettes. He also forced her to give false statements in two cases. In the first, he forced her to file a rape complaint against a man so he could extort money from him. In the other, the victim was made to give a false statement against a minor girl, who has registered a case of rape against the accused. On both occasions, the victim later confessed in court that she had lied. Since then, the accused has wanted revenge,” the friend said.
“We are investigating the case. In previous instances, the victim has changed her statement in court, so we are investigating the veracity of her statement this time round. If this case is found to be fake, she will be booked,” said Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Singh.
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Hindustan Times
written by Shashank Shekhar
Thursday July 10, 2014
No relief seems to be in sight for the 22-year-old gang rape victim. She can barely walk and is suffering from acute pain in the leg and stomach. She has also allegedly received threats to withdraw the case.
On the other hand, the Ghaziabad police have failed to make any headway in the case. They haven’t even mentioned that a bottle had been shoved inside the woman in the FIR.
On Wednesday, the victim had to go to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital which refused to admit her but did give her a pain relief shot. The 22-year-old stays in a rented accommodation in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri.
She has also alleged that a man came to her house and threatened her and her friend to withdraw the case. “I am scared that I will be attacked again. Even the Delhi Police are helping the accused,” she said.
The woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by four men in a moving car in Ghaziabad. She was then dumped near Fortis hospital in Noida around midnight with her hands and legs tied and a bottle shoved inside her. She was helped by a passerby who informed the police.
Even Satish Bhati, the passerby who rescued the girl, has raised doubts on police investigation. “It’s shocking that the police have made no mention of the bottle in the FIR when I had told them about it in my statement. I have complained to the IG Meerut Zone and he has asked me to meet him on Thursday,” said Bhati.
The Ghaziabad police, on the other hand, are suspicious about the sequence of events. “The victim said she was picked up by the accused and his friends in the evening but at that time he was in Kalyanpuri area. The SHO of the area has confirmed his location.
The victim knew the accused for long and had even filed a case against him at Sahibabad police station. If the girl’s allegation is found to be fake, a case will be registered against her,” said Dharmendra Singh, SSP Ghaziabad.
According to the victim’s friend, the accused had been blackmailing and abusing her for a while now. “They were earlier friends but he made an obscene MMS of her and started blackmailing, abusing and torturing her. He burnt her legs with cigarettes. He also forced her to give false statements in two cases. On both occasions, she confessed the truth in front of the court. Since then, he wanted revenge,” the friend said.
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