Video: Alleged rape survivor paraded, hit by women in Delhi

A 20-year-old rape survivor was allegedly kidnapped and paraded with a ‘garland of slippers’ in a street in east Delhi. 

The incident took place in Shahdara due to ‘personal enmity’, a senior police official told NDTV. Four accused, all women, have been arrested. 

“An unfortunate incident of sexual assualt on a woman due to personal enmity happened in Shahdara District today. Police has arrested four accused and probe is on. All possible help and counselling is being provided to the victim,” the official said. 

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The woman’s hair was cut and her face had been painted black by at least four other women who paraded and hit her amid cheers from those around.

She had allegedly been gang-raped by illegal liquor sellers, Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal said after meeting the survivor. The offenders are reportedly from the family of a boy who had died by suicide. Members of the family hold the girl responsible for his death. 

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The woman is married and has a child, reported NDTV. 

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“A 20-year-old girl was gang-raped by illegal liquor sellers in Kasturba Nagar. Her head was tonsured and black paint put on her face and then she was paraded and she was paraded in the streets wearing a garland of slippers. I am issuing notice to Delhi Police. All the accused men and women should be arrested and the girl and her family should be given security,” Maliwal wrote while posting the video on social media.