Danish woman allegedly raped, robbed in Delhi
16 Jan 2014 12:45 AM GMT
In a grim reminder of the Nirbhaya gangrape case of December 2012, Tuesday evening’s incident also took place in the heart of Delhi. Delhi police have detained few people with criminal backgrounds from the area and are investigating their involvement.
The Danish woman came to India on a tourist visa on 1 January and visited several states. Last week, she went to Agra and came to the national capital. On Monday, she checked in hotel Amax Inn in Paharganj for two nights. On Tuesday, leaving her luggage at the hotel, she went out alone to visit the National Museum on Janpath near India Gate.
At around 4 pm, while returning to her hotel on foot, she lost her way near Railway Club on State Entry Road. To reach her hotel in Paharganj, she approached a few men standing on the road. They gave her wrong directions while asking to keep moving ahead. She followed their directions and after covering some distance she reached a dead end. The men, who were following her till then, ambushed her and robbed her at knife point.Thereafter, they raped her taking turns on the road side for about three hours. The robbed valuables include her mobile phone, i-pad, cash (Rs 3000 and 750 Euro) and other items. Somehow, she managed to reach her hotel in an auto-rickshaw at 8 pm. She asked the hotel’s receptionist, Kuldeep Singh, to pay the fair of Rs 200 to the auto-driver and informed Singh that she was robbed.
When Singh informed the matter to the hotel manager, the latter, along with a female staff member, visited her in the room. They found her traumatised and after a while she narrated the incident to them. The manager made a call to the police control room at around 9.20 pm and a police team reached the hotel to record her statement. Under section-164 CrPC, her statement was also recorded before a magistrate.
Meanwhile, the Danish embassy was informed about the incident and senior police officials also visited the hotel. ‘There were bruises on her face, neck and other body parts. She refused to undergo medical examination and said she wanted to leave for her country as soon as possible,’ a police official said. ‘She might leave the country on Wednesday night. But she will remain in touch with us through e-mail,’ he said. On the basis of the description that was given by the victim, a manhunt was launched on Tuesday night. 15 were detained. Meanwhile, on Wednesday evening, police arrested two persons. They have been identified as Mahender alias Ganja (25), a resident of Fatehpur, UP and Raja. ‘The stolen articles — i-pod, ear-plug, Nokia mobile phone (that was purchased from the robbed money) and Rs 800 cash were recovered from Mahender while a spectacle case and Rs 1000 have been recovered from Raja,’ Alok Kumar, DCP (central) said.
Clinching proof of rape by each accused not needed in gangrape: SC
New Delhi: Clinching proof of committing rape against each accused is not necessary and a person can be convicted in a gangrape case even if there is no medical evidence against him, the Supreme Court of India said on Wednesday. ‘This court has consistently held that where there are more than one person acting in furtherance of their common intention of committing rape on a victim, it is not necessary that the prosecution should adduce clinching proof of a completed act of rape by each one of the accused on the victim,’ a bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said. The court passed the order convicting six persons in a gangrape case despite medical evidence saying that only four had committed the crime. ‘As per the medical evidence, four persons had committed rape on the prosecutrix. Explanation 1 to Section 376(2)(g), IPC, states that where a woman is raped by one or more in a group of persons acting in furtherance of their common intention, each of the persons shall be deemed to have committed gangrape within the meaning of the sub-section,’ the bench said.
The Danish woman came to India on a tourist visa on 1 January and visited several states. Last week, she went to Agra and came to the national capital. On Monday, she checked in hotel Amax Inn in Paharganj for two nights. On Tuesday, leaving her luggage at the hotel, she went out alone to visit the National Museum on Janpath near India Gate.
At around 4 pm, while returning to her hotel on foot, she lost her way near Railway Club on State Entry Road. To reach her hotel in Paharganj, she approached a few men standing on the road. They gave her wrong directions while asking to keep moving ahead. She followed their directions and after covering some distance she reached a dead end. The men, who were following her till then, ambushed her and robbed her at knife point.Thereafter, they raped her taking turns on the road side for about three hours. The robbed valuables include her mobile phone, i-pad, cash (Rs 3000 and 750 Euro) and other items. Somehow, she managed to reach her hotel in an auto-rickshaw at 8 pm. She asked the hotel’s receptionist, Kuldeep Singh, to pay the fair of Rs 200 to the auto-driver and informed Singh that she was robbed.
When Singh informed the matter to the hotel manager, the latter, along with a female staff member, visited her in the room. They found her traumatised and after a while she narrated the incident to them. The manager made a call to the police control room at around 9.20 pm and a police team reached the hotel to record her statement. Under section-164 CrPC, her statement was also recorded before a magistrate.
Meanwhile, the Danish embassy was informed about the incident and senior police officials also visited the hotel. ‘There were bruises on her face, neck and other body parts. She refused to undergo medical examination and said she wanted to leave for her country as soon as possible,’ a police official said. ‘She might leave the country on Wednesday night. But she will remain in touch with us through e-mail,’ he said. On the basis of the description that was given by the victim, a manhunt was launched on Tuesday night. 15 were detained. Meanwhile, on Wednesday evening, police arrested two persons. They have been identified as Mahender alias Ganja (25), a resident of Fatehpur, UP and Raja. ‘The stolen articles — i-pod, ear-plug, Nokia mobile phone (that was purchased from the robbed money) and Rs 800 cash were recovered from Mahender while a spectacle case and Rs 1000 have been recovered from Raja,’ Alok Kumar, DCP (central) said.
Clinching proof of rape by each accused not needed in gangrape: SC
New Delhi: Clinching proof of committing rape against each accused is not necessary and a person can be convicted in a gangrape case even if there is no medical evidence against him, the Supreme Court of India said on Wednesday. ‘This court has consistently held that where there are more than one person acting in furtherance of their common intention of committing rape on a victim, it is not necessary that the prosecution should adduce clinching proof of a completed act of rape by each one of the accused on the victim,’ a bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said. The court passed the order convicting six persons in a gangrape case despite medical evidence saying that only four had committed the crime. ‘As per the medical evidence, four persons had committed rape on the prosecutrix. Explanation 1 to Section 376(2)(g), IPC, states that where a woman is raped by one or more in a group of persons acting in furtherance of their common intention, each of the persons shall be deemed to have committed gangrape within the meaning of the sub-section,’ the bench said.
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