New Delhi Mar 31 PTI A fire broke out inside a room at the Kasturba Gandhi hospital in cental Delhi on Thursday officials saidThe fire department received information about the blaze around 350 pm they saidFour fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused by 420 pm they said PTI NIT NIT TDS TDS

New DelhiJan 31 PTI The bitter truth is that many Indians dont consider women to be human Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday and added that the video of a 20-year-old woman being beaten brutally exposes a very disturbing trend in societyLast week a young woman was allegedly abducted gang-raped and paraded by her attackers in east Delhis Kasturba Nagar Videos from the day have been circulated widely on social mediaThe video of a 20-year-old woman being brutally beaten up exposes a very disturbing face of our society The bitter truth is that many Indians dont consider women to be human Gandhi said on TwitterThis shameful fact needs to be acknowledged and called out he addedEleven people including eight women have been arrested for the sexual assault on the woman and her subsequent public humiliationA boy committed suicide in November last year and his family is now blaming the victim They have alleged it was because of her that he took the extreme step To extract revenge from her they allegedly abducted her They wanted to teach her a lesson a police official had said PTI SKC MIN ANB ANB

New Delhi Jan 29 PTI A 14-year-old boy was apprehended on Saturday in connection with an incident where a woman was allegedly abducted gangraped and paraded by her attackers in east Delhis Kasturba Nagar officials said Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahdara R Sathiyasundaram said the last accused in the case a 14-year-old juvenile involved in the alleged sexual assault of the woman was apprehended on Saturday All accused eight women three minor boys and a man named in the FIR have been nabbed he added An auto-rickshaw used for the abduction of the victim has also been seized the DCP said A 10-member special investigation team SIT under an ACP rank officer has been formed for speedy and proper investigation of the crime Sathiyasundaram said On Wednesday a woman was allegedly abducted gangraped and paraded on the streets of Kasturba Nagar by the accused Her hair was chopped face blackened and a shoe garlanded around her neck Earlier police had said the preliminary investigation indicated that the woman and a boy belonging to the family of the accused were friends The boy committed suicide in November last year and his family blamed the victim woman for it The family alleged that it was because of her that the boy took the extreme step To exact revenge on her the family members allegedly abducted her They wanted to teach her a lesson a senior police official had said In her complaint to the police the woman alleged that she was abducted by the family members who live near her mothers place They took her to their house where they allegedly assaulted her Besides they chopped her hair and forcefully made her wear a garland of slippers They then humiliated her in public by parading her an official had said PTI NIT AQS AQS

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI Day after a 20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted gang-raped and paraded by her attackers in east Delhis Kasturba Nagar police arrested two more people in connection with the incident officials said on Friday With this eight women and three men have been arrested a senior police officer said The accused have been identified as Rakesh 37 and Rajo 40 both residents of Kasturba Nagar A total of 11 people including two minors have been nabbed in the case the officer said On Wednesday the victim was allegedly abducted gang-raped and paraded by her attackers on the streets of Kasturba Nagar with her hair chopped face blackened and a shoe garland around her neck Preliminary investigations indicated the woman and a boy belonging to the family of the accused were friends The boy committed suicide in November last year and his family is now blaming the victim They have alleged it was because of her that he took the extreme step To extract revenge from her they allegedly abducted her They wanted to teach her a lesson police had said In her complaint to the police the woman alleged she was abducted by acquaintances who live near her mothers place They took her to their house where they allegedly assaulted her Besides they chopped her hair and forcefully made her wear a garland of slippers They then humiliated her in public by parading her an official had said PTI NIT SRY

New Delhi Jan 27 PTI The National Commission for Women asked Delhi Police on Thursday to immediately arrest all the accused responsible for allegedly abducting and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman who was then paraded by her attackers on the streets of east Delhis Kasturba Nagar with her hair chopped face blackened and a shoe garland around her neck In a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said the victim must be provided with best medical treatment and also necessary measures must be taken for safety and security to the victim and her family As per the provision 357-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure the victim is entitled for the compensation as per the Victim Compensation Scheme of the State Therefore the process of compensation must be expedited so that the victim can get financial assistance as per her requirement she said Sharma called for arrest of all the accused The Commission is distressed with the abysmal alleged incident and the cruelty perpetrated on the victim is highly condemnable in strongest possible words You are therefore required to look into the matter and ensure that all the accused are arrested immediately and booked under the relevantappropriate provisions of the law she said Sharma also said that the probe must be completed in a time bound manner as per the order and guidelines laid down by the Ministry of Home Affairs Women Safety Division that mandates that the police has to complete the investigation in relation to rape within two months In order to facilitate the State police to monitor compliance in this regard MHA has also provided an online portal called Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences ITSSO for monitoring the same The investigation must be accomplished in a time bound manner The action taken must be apprised to the Commission within 48 hours she said The victim was allegedly abducted sexually assaulted and paraded by her attackers on the streets of east Delhis Kasturba Nagar with her hair chopped face blackened and a shoe garland around her neck police said on Thursday Four people have been arrested The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon The woman was at her husbands home in Anand Vihar when the accused who lived near her mothers place in Kasturba Nagar abducted her police said describing the incident as the result of personal enmity PTI UZM RCJ