Police file chargesheet in photojournalist's gang-rape case

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 20 September 2013 | 22.14

MUMBAI: The mother of the 22-year-old photojournalist who was gang-raped at Shakti Mills on August 22 had called her twice that evening because the family planned to eat dinner out. It was the mother's birthday the next day.

This was revealed in the 580-page chargesheet filed on Thursday by the Mumbai police before the 37th Esplanade Metropolitan Magistrate and juvenile justice board at Dongri children's home. Four men and a juvenile are accused in the case.

The mother's first call came at 6.40pm—about 40 minutes after the photojournalist and a male colleague of hers had entered the deserted mill compound to take pictures and around a half-hour after the two were accosted by the accused men. The accused had already separated the survivor from her colleague.

Seeing the call to be her mother's, the photojournalist was threatened by the accused men to act normal. So she just replied "Maa, main theek hoon (Mother, I am all right)" and hung up.

Surprised at her daughter's unusual use of Hindi with her and the abruptness of the response, the mother called again: "Baby, what happened? Are you all right?" The 22-year-old said "Mummy main Mahalaxmi station hoon (sic). Main theek hoon." and disconnected again. Believing her daughter to be very busy, the mother did not call after that.

Around 7.30pm, the mother got a call from Jaslok Hospital, where the survivor had been taken. When they met, the survivor said between tears, "Mummy, I am vanished." The mother broke down. But the survivor gave her courage.

After the filing of the chargesheet — in record 27 days — joint commissioner of police (crime) Himanshu Roy told the media: "There is ample evidence, such as medical and DNA reports. The accused have been identified and there are witnesses to corroborate the sequence of events."

The chargesheet said there are 82 witnesses in the case, including the 12-year-old who gave clues about the whereabouts of the juvenile accused; 18 panchnamas have been made; eight mobile call detail records analysed; and DNA reports of 22 people obtained.

The call detail records of the five accused, the police said, show they were at the crime scene at the same time as the survivor. The police have recorded the statements of at least 10 friends of the accused and are likely to submit a supplementary chargesheet "once they get the remaining forensic reports".

The police have recorded the statement of the survivor and her colleague before a magistrate under CrPC section 164(5)(2) so that if they are unable to depose before a trial court the magistrate can.

According to the chargesheet, the accused men told the survivor's colleague, who was tied with belts, that she was being "interrogated" nearby; every time she screamed the accused man watching over him said that "she was being beaten for interrogation".

The survivor told the police that two of the accused men forcibly made her watch porn clips while sexually assaulting her. One of them, Qasim Shaikh, allegedly threatened her with broken glass when she cried in pain. He said: "Quietly do as I tell you or I will kill you and your friend. You don't know how wretched I am. You are not the first one; we have raped many women before. Nobody can hurt me."


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