North East Support
Centre & Helpline
(An Initiative of All India Christian Council dealing the Issues of
Gender/Racial-Based Violence)
Dwarka New Delhi. Telefax 011-25084561
For
Immediate Press Release
North
East Support Centre & Helpline Condemns Mangolpuri
Gangrape of a Young Girl
Delhi
Police Once Again Failed to Provide Night Patrolling in Unsafe Areas
North
East Support Centre & Helpline Appeals Delhi Police to Proactive and Deploy
Night Patrolling in all Unsafe Areas
For more detail contact
Madhu Chandra – Spokes Person – 9716004939
New Delhi December 13, 2010
North East
Support Centre & Helpline condemns the gang rape of young girl by three men
on Saturday late night at Mangolpuri Industrial area,
place where Gurgaon-based BPO employee was gangraped and abandoned on midnight
of November 23, 2010. North East Support Centre & Helpline along with other
NGOs have appealed Delhi police to deploy night patrolling at unsafe areas
within Delhi and they have failed to take the hints.
According to
sources reaching to North East Support Centre & Helpline, the incident
happened when a 18-year-old girl, along with her
24-year-old neighbour, was on her way to pick up her mother, who works in a
factory at Mangolpuri, around 10 p.m. when four
persons, including a minor, in a black Hyundai Accent allegedly passed lewd
comments at her. It led to a heated exchange between the girl and the men in
the car and she hurled a bunch of keys at them damaging the window glass. The
men then asked her to compensate for the damage. As the girl continued to
protest, the men dragged her inside the car and drove away. The adductors took
their turn to rape the girl and latter police arrested the accused from the
spot.
Madhu Chandra –
Spokesperson of North East Support Centre & Helpline said, “Delhi police
has committed another lapse. They accepted to deploy night police patrolling in
unsafe areas of Delhi. Mangolpuri is the area where
two crimes already took place - including gangrape of Gurgaon-based BPO
employee on November 23 midnight and another girl attacked by two men on
motorbike next day. Enough indication was given to Delhi police and they failed
to take hints from past recent incidents in the area.”
Safety for women in Delhi is
grave concerned that government and law enforcing agencies must immediately
take preventive and proactive measurements to ensure safety to women
particularly at night. The offenders must be punished at most severe punishment
as possible.
A concern of
safety for women was discussed with Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Sheila Dikshit at
meeting held with delegations from North East Support Centre & Helpline
along with other NGOs on December 4, 2010 to take up with Resident Welfare
Associations of housing societies in Delhi.
In this regard
North East Support Centre & Helpline has submitted a memorandum to P R. Sawhney, Mayor of Municipal Council of Delhi to give
directives to Resident Welfare Associations to allow BPO cab to enter gates to
drop working women at night shift at door steps of their homes, to make easy
access to colonies and setup and maintain street lights. Memorandum to MCD
Mayor is enclosed below.
North East Support
Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is a joint initiative of various human rights activists, social
workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and
abuses meted out to North East People and tribal communities of other states.
Released by
Angam Haokip
Media In-charge
MEMORANDUM TO MAYOR, MCD, DELHI
December 13, 2010
P. R. Sawhney
Mayor
Municipal
Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
Head
Office
Town Hall Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Chandni Chawk
New Delhi -110006
Subject: Request for Issuing
Guidelines to Resident Welfare Associations
Sir,
After the gruesome incident of Dhaula
Kuan gang rape on midnight of November 23, 2010, the security concern for women
who are working in night shift has been debated at different national forums.
North East Support Centre & Helpline along with other NGOs has intervened
to address this issue with Delhi police on November 26 2010 and Smt. Sheila
Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi on November 3 2010. Subsequently a larger
meeting was held at the residence of Delhi CM on 4 November 2010 with Delhi
police, Delhi State Commission for Women and Women and Child Welfare Minister.
One of the issues discussed in the
meeting was to seek cooperation from Residence Welfare Associations of various
housing societies in Delhi. Therefore, we would like to appeal your good office
to kindly take the following concerns with respective Residence Welfare
Associations in the interest of providing safety measure for women working at
night and returning home late.
1.
Residence Welfare Associations should allow BPO Cabs to enter the gate
so that women will be dropped at the door steps of their house.
2.
Residence Welfare Associations must ensure easy access to colonies to
make night safer for women.
3.
Residence Welfare Associations should install and maintain street
lights.
North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is a joint initiative of various human rights
activists, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent
harassment and abuses meted out to North East People and tribal communities of
other states.
Sincerely,
|
Ms. Lansinglu
Rongmei President |
Mr. Madhu Chandra Spokesperson |
Dr. Alana Golemei Founder Member |