Thursday 20 December 2012

Punish the culprits, says Delhi rape victim

NEW DELHI: The 23-year-old woman who was gangraped four days ago by a bunch of men in a moving bus, wants her tormenters to be punished.

She has been communicating by writing notes to her parents.

"The culprits should be punished," she wrote in one note; in another, she enquired after her male friend who had tried to defend her and was beaten, a doctor at Safdarjung Hospital told IANS.

In one note, the victim asked if the culprits had been arrested; in another, she enquired after her male friend who was beaten up by the six accused. The woman and her male friend were stripped, robbed and then dumped by the roadside by the six men in a private bus. The torture lasted about 40 minutes.

The four men arrested for having tortured and gang-raped the physiotherapist, have shown no remorse. Investigators said that they behaved like hardened criminals.

"None of the accused have shown even an iota of remorse or any kind of regret for what they have done," a senior police officer interrogating the four men told IANS.

Observing their demeanour, police said they would verify whether the men have criminal records.

"Their involvement in cases not yet reported might surface," another investigator said.

Meanwhile, doctors said that she was conscious and in a stable condition but warned that  there was still danger of infection setting in during the next few days.

"She continues to be in stable condition," B.D. Athani, medical superintendent of the Safdarjung Hospital, told reporters.

"She is alert, conscious. She is making an attempt to breathe on her own. Our immediate and foremost aim is to get her out of ICU and get her stable," said Athani, who was flanked by a panel of six doctors who are treating the girl.

"She is stable but there is still a danger of her catching infection," he said.

Doctors have been admiring the young woman's fortitude and grit, despite the intense pain: "Being a medical student, she understands the treatment process and has been cooperating with the hospital staff. Her lower vagina has been badly damaged, but her upper vagina is not so affected. If she comes out of this crucial phase, she could lead a normal life," the doctor told IANS, on condition of anonymity.

According to a doctor, who is treating her, they have a "extremely unusual case".

"For the past 30 years as a surgeon..I have not seen such a grave injury to the intestines in any case of sexual assault. It is extremely unusual and rare.. none of us has seen such a case," Sunil Jain, a specialist in general surgery at Safdarjung Hospital, said.

Calling her a "brave girl," Athani said she had withstood a lot of suffering in the last few days and had undergone two surgeries since her admission Sunday night.

"She is fighting it out. The girl has an immense fighting spirit ..needless to say, because today (Thursday) is the fourth day ..she has sustained such grievous injury and remained alert and withstood it all," Athani said.

Doctors from the adjoining All India Instititute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are also providing assistance.

The doctor also said that the young woman knew that her torture and gang-rape by six men in a moving bus had left the nation shocked, and that there has been a massive outpouring of grief and expressions of support.

Delhi police official said the horrific incident took place when the young couple reached Munirka in south Delhi around 9.15 pm Sunday after watching a movie and boarded a stationary bus to go to Dwarka.

Around six men in the bus, including the driver and conductor, allegedly misbehaved with the woman. When the boyfriend intervened, he was brutally beaten up with iron rods. She was then sexually assaulted in the moving bus.

The girl and her boyfriend were then thrown out of the bus under Mahipalpur flyover in south Delhi. The assailants also snatched their mobiles.

A toll plaza patrol vehicle spotted the girl and her friend and called the police, who took them to Safdarjung Hospital around 12.15 a.m. Monday.

The woman's ordeal, a police officer said, lasted for 45 long minutes.

Source: yahoo|news

Its really shameful and shocking..!

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