HSA submits memo to Sheila Dikshit
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network

Imphal, January 25, 2012: The Hmar Students Association (HSA), Delhi has urged the Chief Minister of Delhi to booked the rapist of January 18 incident and punish befittingly at the earliest.

HSA, Delhi president James Pusing Sanate and its secretary Zacharia Varte in a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday demanded that the rapist be punished appropriately without fail as per the law of the country.

It also demanded that the rapist in the case be further booked under suitable sections of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. "The victim be compensated as per the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and any other prevailing laws that cover this nature of crime," the representation of the Hmar students' body said.

The HSA also demanded that a special cell headed by an IPS officer from North East India be established within the Delhi Police to pro-actively deal with the issues and problems regularly faced by people from the North East India in NCR.

"That, justice be delivered fairly to the raped victim at the earliest," it urged.

Recalling the incident, the memorandum mentioned that the raped victim aged 20 years, Miss Ruth (name changed), who is a tribal Christian and working in a Spa company in Gurgaon was offered a lift in a car by the rapist on the night of Janaury 18 on her way back to her rented place in Mahipalpur, New Delhi.

Instead of dropping her to her place, the rapist Anuj Saini drove her to an unknown and isolated location somewhere in Bamnoli area of Dwarka Sector 28 and physically abused, tortured and raped her.

"After escaping from the rapist, the raped victim returned to her place and an FIR was filed at the Police Station, Dwarka Sector 28, Delhi on 19th January, 2012 against the rapist (FIR No.11 Dated 19/01/2012) and the case against the rapist registered under IPC 365 and 376 and her statement taken by the concerned Police.

The Police, who promised to arrest the rapist after 2 hours of filing of the report, arrested the rapist only after 5 days after the incident," the Hmar students' body said.

"Considering the seriousness of this case and similar incidents that happened at the National Capital Region (NCR) and the unprecedented racial/gender-based violence meted to the people of North East India living in NCR, we, the Hmar Students' Association, Delhi put our demands to be taken up by your good office at the earliest so that justice be delivered to the victim, who is physically and mentally disturbed by the trauma she went through," it added.

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