One month later, rape victim still waits for justice

New Delhi: A 32-year-old woman was gangraped in Delhi is still waiting for the justice and has urged the police to arrest the accused, who is roaming free.

The incident took place on November 24 in South Delhi but a case was registered in this connection last Saturday. Meanwhile, the police said on Wednesday that the matter is being investigated and no arrests have been made.

The woman in her complaint alleged that five men associated with one Sushil Chauhan, a resident of Malviya Nagar, had caught hold of the woman, dragged her inside her brother’s flat and raped.

The woman is a resident of Paryavaran Complex in Saket. “I have been living in fear for my life since then. Chauhan wants to forcefully occupy my brother’s flat at Panchsheel Vihar. I was living with my brother’s wife at his flat, said the victim.

“They have also done unnatural act following which my private parts bled profusely,” she alleged in FIR. She alleged that later, some women entered the flat and dragged her outside naked. “The women had beaten me in front of hundreds of people but no one came to help me. Manoj Chauhan (an accused) has also fabricated my brother in a fake case and sent him jail,” she said.

“We have conducted her medical examination... We have not ruled out rape, but she could have been penetrated in an unnatural way,” a senior police officer said. “Prima facie it appears to be a case of property dispute. We are trying to investigate the case with both angles. We are collecting evidence,” he said. No one has been arrested so far, the police officer said.

There seems to be a property dispute and we are investigating the matter, said a senior police official.