THE SHOCKING DATE RAPE
The Asian Age (Mar 2004)
By Skimmy Gupta
In a shocking incident of date rape, Tina (name changed) was raped by her boyfriend Imran on Valentine’s Day (14th February 2004) at Khar.Tina a resident of Sion was physically abused by Imran for two days and then handed to his group of friends. Imran’s friends further molested her for almost a week. Khar police registered a case of rape under section 378 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused. Couple of weeks back police arrested Imran Sayyed Hussain(23) , Zubair, Abbas Khan and Sayyed Irfan Ghulam who are cooling their heels in Khar police custody.
Tina was eagerly waiting for Valentine’s Day at a suburban pub at Khar to express her love to her boyfriend. It was a perfect Valentine’s evening for Tina as Imran, her lover gave her a bunch of red roses. They had dinner and it was time for Tina to express her feelings to Imran.Everything changed in a flutter of seconds when Imran against her wishes started fondling Tina .The nightmare was yet to come. Little did she know that she would be physically abused by her own boyfriend and her funfilled perfect evening would turn out be most horrifying experience of a lifetime.
Imran feared that something could go wrong and his bad deeds might be exposed. Therefore he handed her to his friend Zubair Hassan where she was was kept for almost a week. During the course of interrogation, she revealed that she was raped by her lover and later molested by Imran’s three friends. Despite repeated attempts by the correspondent, the police officials refused to comment and were tightlipped about the whole incident.
Police sources said that the incident took place near Madness pub in Khar.They further add that Tina and Imran had become more friendlier since past few months and were often seeing each other.P.B. Bodade Senior Police Inspector, Khar police station confirmed the case. He said "We have arrested four accused in this case and these boys owns embroidery shops at different places in Mumbai. The victim is studying in her graduation and also working in a firm. She was physically abused by her boyfriend and his friends." However, Mr Bodade refused to divulge more information on this case. “Further investigations are on. “added Bobade.
Bipin Kumar Singh, Zonal Deputy Police commissioner told The Asian Age, "We can’t disclose much details about this case as we want to protect her identity." He also confirmed that Tina was molested and later gang-raped. When contacted Tina’s parents however refused to comment in this case.
Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar Chairperson Maharashtra State Womens commission says,“Only 1 percent of rape case are reported in the police station. Even today our society shifts the entire blame on the victim girl rather than helping her to seek justice. Police to a certain extent do not take these cases seriously thus many enquiries are left mid –way. Rape case is a cognizable offense. The attitude of the society should also change towards the rape victim as she could live respectfully and gather courage to go forward in life.”
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By Skimmy Gupta
In a shocking incident of date rape, Tina (name changed) was raped by her boyfriend Imran on Valentine’s Day (14th February 2004) at Khar.Tina a resident of Sion was physically abused by Imran for two days and then handed to his group of friends. Imran’s friends further molested her for almost a week. Khar police registered a case of rape under section 378 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused. Couple of weeks back police arrested Imran Sayyed Hussain(23) , Zubair, Abbas Khan and Sayyed Irfan Ghulam who are cooling their heels in Khar police custody.
Tina was eagerly waiting for Valentine’s Day at a suburban pub at Khar to express her love to her boyfriend. It was a perfect Valentine’s evening for Tina as Imran, her lover gave her a bunch of red roses. They had dinner and it was time for Tina to express her feelings to Imran.Everything changed in a flutter of seconds when Imran against her wishes started fondling Tina .The nightmare was yet to come. Little did she know that she would be physically abused by her own boyfriend and her funfilled perfect evening would turn out be most horrifying experience of a lifetime.
Imran feared that something could go wrong and his bad deeds might be exposed. Therefore he handed her to his friend Zubair Hassan where she was was kept for almost a week. During the course of interrogation, she revealed that she was raped by her lover and later molested by Imran’s three friends. Despite repeated attempts by the correspondent, the police officials refused to comment and were tightlipped about the whole incident.
Police sources said that the incident took place near Madness pub in Khar.They further add that Tina and Imran had become more friendlier since past few months and were often seeing each other.P.B. Bodade Senior Police Inspector, Khar police station confirmed the case. He said "We have arrested four accused in this case and these boys owns embroidery shops at different places in Mumbai. The victim is studying in her graduation and also working in a firm. She was physically abused by her boyfriend and his friends." However, Mr Bodade refused to divulge more information on this case. “Further investigations are on. “added Bobade.
Bipin Kumar Singh, Zonal Deputy Police commissioner told The Asian Age, "We can’t disclose much details about this case as we want to protect her identity." He also confirmed that Tina was molested and later gang-raped. When contacted Tina’s parents however refused to comment in this case.
Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar Chairperson Maharashtra State Womens commission says,“Only 1 percent of rape case are reported in the police station. Even today our society shifts the entire blame on the victim girl rather than helping her to seek justice. Police to a certain extent do not take these cases seriously thus many enquiries are left mid –way. Rape case is a cognizable offense. The attitude of the society should also change towards the rape victim as she could live respectfully and gather courage to go forward in life.”
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