Dhaula Kuan 2010 gang rape case verdict likely today
Source: The Sangai Express / Ninglun Hanghal

New Delhi, September 21 2014: A Delhi court is likely to give its final verdict tomorrow in the 2010 Dhaula Kuan sensational abduction and gang-rape case of a NE woman working in a BPO.

Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat on September 8 reserved the order for September 22 after concluding the final arguments in the case.

Accused Shamshad alias Khutkan, Usman alias Kale, Shahid alias Chhota Billi, Iqbal alias Bada Billi and Kamruddin have been tried for kidnapping and gang-raping a the 30-year-old BPO executive in Dhaula Kuan area of south Delhi.

The five accused were arrested from Mewat in Haryana.

They have claimed innocence, saying they were falsely implicated in the case.

They were tried under the Indian Penal Code on charges of gang-rape, criminal intimidation and abduction.

According to police, the five men abducted the victim.

Dhaula Kuan 2010

It may be recalled that the incident happened at around 12.30 am in November 2010, when the survivor was dropped along with her colleague on Ring Road in Dhaula Kuan by the BPO cab driver.

While she was walking back, five men kidnapped her in their Tata truck .

She was raped and then later dumped in an unconscious state.

Earlier in May this year, the South West District Legal Services Authority awarded her an interim compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh after an appeal letter to the NCW by the woman survivor was forwarded to the authority.

According to the Legal Services Authority , the compensation was ordered due to the nature of the case which was "rare and exceptional" and where there is no yard stick to measure the immediate relief that may be provided to her.

The authority directed that an account be opened in a nationalised bank in the name of the survivor and that the SHO/IO assist the victim in opening the bank account.

The copy of the order has also been sent to the Divisional Commissioner with the direction to "immediately disburse" the compensation amount.

The legal services had noted that the woman survivor, at the time of the incident was staying at a rented accommodation in Delhi and had come to the capital to earn a livelihood.

"That the hope and expectation of any person visiting Delhi is that being the capital city, Delhi offers safety and security, besides opportunity.

In this case, the victim not only lost her livelihood and had a traumatic experience, but she also seems to have lost faith that Delhi would offer her safety and security.

The fact that she has moved back to her home State and not taken up any employment in Delhi again highlights her immediate need for rehabilitation.

The physical and psychological injury as a result of the violence is a matter of concern," the legal authority observed.

In her letter to the National Commission for Women, the survivor wrote that due to the incident, she had to discontinue her employment and had to cut herself from society.

She told the Women Commission the indelible scar the incident had left on her, forcing her to discontinue work and return to her home State.

After the incident, Delhi police issued an order to all BPOs in the Delhi National Capital Region to drop women employees home safely while providing them security.