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All 5 held guilty in Delhi's Dhaula Kuan gangrape case
Avantika Mehta, Hindustan Times New Delhi, October 14, 2014
First Published: 14:41 IST (14/10/2014) | Last Updated: 18:47 IST (14/10/2014)
All the five accused in the abduction and gangrape of a BPO executive at Dhaula Kuan in 2010 were held quilty by a Delhi court on Tuesday.
The sentence will be pronounced on Friday.
The five had abducted the 30-year-old BPO executive from the North East, taken her to a secluded area in Mongolpuri and gangraped her.
Shamshad, alias Khutkan, Usman, alias Kale, Shahid, alias Chhota Billi, Iqbal, alias Bada Billi and Kamruddin, alias Mobile, had abducted the victim on November 24, 2010, while she was walking home with her friend after her shift ended.
According to police, the accused took the victim to Mongolpuri, gangraped her, and left her on an isolated road there.
“Meanwhile, the victim’s friend, the prime witness in the case, alerted the police control room about the abduction. The police later arrested the accused from Mewat in Haryana,” police said in their chargesheet.
All the five convicts had claimed innocence and said that they were falsely implicated in the case.
They are facing trial under sections 376(2)(G) (gangrape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 365 (abduction) of the Indian Penal Code.
During the investigation, Kamruddin, Shahid and Iqbal had refused to undergo test identification parade (TIP) after their arrest while the victim had identified Shamshad and Usman.
During the trial, the police claimed that the accused had confessed to their crime.
According to chargesheet, after his arrest, Kamruddin had expressed remorse over the act before police.
The case had forced Delhi Police to issue an order to all BPOs in Delhi NCR to drop women employees home safely and provide them security during night.
The incident also led police to issue specific directions to PCR vans to remain visible on roads and that one officer should remain outside the vehicle round the clock.
