DCW Notice To Delhi Police After Woman Gang-Raped, Paraded With Blackened Face, Head Shaved
New Delhi: A 20-year-old was gang-raped, tonsured, garlanded with slippers and paraded with a blackened face in the Kasturba Nagar area in the national capital, Delhi Commission for Women Swati Maliwal alleged on Thursday. Four women have been arrested over the incident. The woman, who is married and has a child, was assaulted in Shahdara in east Delhi due to “personal enmity”, the police said.
“An unfortunate incident of sexual assault on a woman due to personal enmity happened in Shahdara District today. Police has arrested four accused and probe is on. All possible help and counselling is being provided to the victim,” senior police official said.
The Delhi Commission of Women has demanded action and more arrests. The commission’s chairperson Swati Maliwal, who met the woman, claims that the 20-year-old was gang-raped by illegal liquor sellers.
“A 20-year-old girl was gang-raped by illegal liquor sellers in Kasturba Nagar. Her head was tonsured and black paint put on her face and then she was paraded in the streets wearing a garland of slippers. I am issuing notice to Delhi Police. All the accused men and women should be arrested and the girl and her family should be given security,” Ms Maliwal said while sharing the video.
कस्तूरबा नगर में 20 साल की लड़की का अवैध शराब बेचने वालों द्वारा गैंगरेप किया गया, उसे गंजा कर, चप्पल की माला पहना पूरे इलाक़े में मुँह काला करके घुमाया। मैं दिल्ली पुलिस को नोटिस जारी कर रही हूँ। सब अपराधी आदमी औरतों को अरेस्ट किया जाए और लड़की और उसके परिवार को सुरक्षा दी जाए। pic.twitter.com/4ExXufDaO3
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) January 27, 2022
The assault was carried out by the family of a boy who had committed suicide. The boy’s family had blamed the woman for his death as he was pursuing the woman.
According to the victim’s sister, the woman – who is married and has a child – had moved to a rented room after the boy’s death on November 12th. She was picked up from Karkardooma by the boy’s uncle.
