Inderpuri gang rape case

1. Inderpuri gang-rape case
New delhi, inderpuri
June 23 ’09

2. Case
Delhi's Inderpuri police station registered
a case of gang rape of a 22-yr old woman
against Station House Officer (SHO) and
four other policemen.
 All the policemen are confirmed to have
raped the young woman after the woman
claimed that she was sexually assaulted
inside a police station in south-west Delhi,
which led to angry protests in the area.
Gangrape has been confirmed, according
to media reports

3. The woman, a resident
of a slum cluster in the A
Block of
Inderpuri,shahadra area,
alleged that she was
taken to the Inderpuri
police station by two
policemen on june 22
nd

night at 1300 hrs
 to enquire about her
husband, who the police
said was a “local criminal
involved in betting &
other illegal activity.”.

4. Her statement..
"My husband was not at home and the cops asked
me to come with them to the police station for
questioning. They raped me by turns and later
threatened me with dire consequences if I
revealed the incident to anyone," she told a news
channel.
She also told the reporters“They put me inside a
lock up and started hurling abuses and thrashed
me. Then they took me upstairs where the SHO
and four other uniformed men raped me. I can
recognise them by face.”

5. The woman, informed her
husband about this who took her
to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital
for a medical examination,
where the authorities advised
him to inform the police about
the incident.
He called the police and reprted
the incident at 10 pm

6. His statement..
"I came back at night from work and
found my wife crying on the terrace. She
told me about the incident after which I
called the police,
'She was inconsolable. I along with other
family members took her to the hospital
where doctors treated her. I informed the
police but they did not register any
complaint,” said the husband.

7. The angry crowd..
The woman’s claims
triggered protests in the
area, where she resides,
with a large crowd
attacking and ransacking
the police station.
Angered over the incident,
a nearly 200-strong mob
threw stones at the
Inderpuri police station
demanding that the
complaint be registered.
 The violence injured many,
including journalists
covering the issue.

8. Pacifiers..
For a good part of the
morning on June 23, it
seemed like a war zone
outside Delhi's Indrapuri
Police Station. Protesters
went on a rampage
The security outside the
police station was increased
and extra police force was
deployed to handle the
angry mob.
Senior district police
officers, including the area
DCP (Southwest), reached
the spot to pacify the
protesters.

9. Tempers abaze over police not taking
immediate action. The cops are finally
forced to firefight - agreeing to tansfer
the case away from Indrapuri.
Later, the case was handed over to the
Delhi Police Crime Branch for impartial
investigation while the SHO (Station
House Officer), Pradeep Kumar, who took
over the charge one month prior to the
accusation was still not arrested

10. Shameful was the reaction. There was trouble in
the handling of the case. Firstly, should the police
have a role in the investigation when the accused
is the polce? Secondly, the victim claimed she
was turned away by doctors at RML when she
approached them. Why did this happen? And
finally, why is the medical report so inconclusive?
Many questions with few answers from the men in
charge.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government also directed
the women’s commission to probe the matter.

11.  vaginal swabs were sent for medical examinations
and further tests.
Experts from the Forensic Sciences Laboratory
in Rohini inspected the spots mentioned by
the 22-year-old woman, who claimed the
assault by SHO Pradeep Kumar and four
others, whom she could identify by their
faces.
"The experts examined the rooms which were
mentioned by the woman in her statement.
They collected samples from there.
Further investigations were done

12. Final word from the husband of the
victim..
''The Commissioner has assured me that action
will be taken against the guilty policemen. I feel
that in order to restore the confidence of the
people in the law and order authorities, all the
policemen involved in the incident should either
be dismissed from service or transferred to
another police station area,'' the husband of the
accused said.
He said a three-member medical team be
despatched to the area. Further, he demanded
that the woman victim be provided full security by
the Police.

13. The forensic reprts..
From the forensic reports.. SK
Sharma, chief medical officer at
RML, said: "The preliminary medical
report of the woman does not
confirm rape and we have sent her
clothes to the Forensic Science
Laboratory, Rohini for further
confirmation."

14. At the end of it…
...Rape of the victim was confirmed.
This incident has been
such a shame to the police force
of india…

15. Thank you…
Slide show by gayatri raikar, FYBMM, july 13 ‘09