Monday, 8 July 2013

Unsafe Capital: Ugandan woman fends off molesters after they tear her clothes in moving car


A Ugandan woman was molested in a car by two hotel management graduates, along with two others, after she took a lift in their vehicle for coming back home from Gurgaon, police said on Saturday. All four accused have been arrested.
 
“The incident took place on Friday night when the victim was returning to her rented house in south Delhi's Chhatarpur area,” police sources said. 
 
According to her complaint, the accused had also tore her clothes while allegedly trying to rape her.
 
Fortunately, she showed 'rare courage', managed to drag him out of the vehicle with herself near west Delhi's Mahipalpur area.
 
The accused were identified as Prakhar, Gagandeep, Sidesh and Swapnil, aged between 25-30. Three of them were arrested on Saturday from different places in Delhi. 
 
"All the accused belong to east Delhi's Mayur Vihar area. Two of them are said to be hotel management graduates," a police officer told a news agency.
 
The victim, who had come to Delhi in March, had gone to a night club at Bristol Hotel in Gurgaon, where she befriended the accused.
 
"While returning from there, she was looking to hire a cab. The accused offered her a lift in their car and started molesting her on the way. On resisting the harassment, the accused beat her up and inflicted scratches on her body," said the officer. 
 
The victim bravely fought the accused and also raised an alarm. 
 
"Near Mahipalpur, the accused tried to dump the victim out of the vehicle but she managed to drag one of them out of the car along with her, while the other three accused escaped," a police officer disclosed. 
 
In the meantime, the woman is said to have managed to make a call to police and one of the accused was arrested from the spot.
 
The co-accused were arrested following his questioning.

Source: daily.bhaskar.com/article/DEL-new-delhi-ugandan-women-fends-off-molesters-after-they-tear-her-clothes-in-movin-4313305-NOR.html

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