New Delhi: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted on Thursday in East Delhi’s Kasturba Nagar and her hair was cut, her face blackened and a garland of shoes tied around her neck. According to the police, four people have been arrested in this case and the matter is being investigated.
Condemning the attack on the woman, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it was really shameful.
“How did the criminals get so much courage? I request the Union Home Minister and the LG to instruct the police to take strict action and pay attention to the law and order situation. Delhiites should stop such heinous crimes and criminals at any cost. Will not tolerate,” he tweeted in Hindi.
Additionally, the Delhi Commission for Women said that it has sent a notice to the Delhi Police seeking strict action against the accused after several videos of the woman’s parade were circulated on social media platforms.
“A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped by illegal liquor vendors, who shaved her head, garlanded her with chappals and blackened her face. I am issuing notice to Delhi Police. All criminals including women arrested.” should be done and protection should be given to the woman and her family,” DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal said in a Twitter post in Hindi.
The incident happened earlier in the day. Police have said that the incident is the result of personal enmity.
The victim was at her husband’s house in Anand Vihar when the accused, who lived near her mother’s house in Kasturba Nagar, abducted her. Preliminary investigation indicated that the woman and a boy belonging to the accused’s family were friends.
“The boy committed suicide in November last year and his family is now blaming the victim. They have alleged that it was because of her that he took this step. To take revenge on her, they allegedly kidnapped her. They wanted to teach him a lesson,” a senior police officer told news agency PTI.
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Police have denied allegations of gang rape, but said the woman was sexually assaulted by her acquaintances, who are also her neighbours.
In the purported video of the incident, which is being widely shared on Twitter, the woman can be seen being paraded by a group of people, including women who are abusing her. While he is being paraded on the street, people can also be heard whistling in the background.
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