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77-year-old woman raped in Delhi

Source: PTI
March 13, 2011 21:38 IST
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A 77-year-old woman was raped and beaten up by an unknown rickshaw puller in Outer Delhi.

The incident came to light in Outer Delhi's Rohini area, barely 200 metres from K N Katju Marg police station, early on Sunday morning after a passer-by found the victim in a badly bruised condition.

A senior police official said they have rounded up nearly 100 rickshaw pullers and were questioning them. According to the official, the victim had gone to her sister's residence in Rohini Sector 15 in the afternoon and the incident took place when she was returning home in a cycle rickshaw.

"Usually the sister used to accompany her. However, on Saturday, the victim was alone and struck a deal with a rickshaw puller for Rs 25 for ferrying her," the official said.

The rickshaw puller took a different route than the usual one she used to take and took her to the Japanese Park area. The official said the victim's family had claimed that the rickshaw puller suddenly overturned the rickshaw and picked up an argument with her. The victim then offered more money and asked him to take her home faster.

However, the official said, he allegedly attacked her with a brick, made her smell some chemicals, following which she became semi-conscious and then he raped her. The victim has two sons who started searching for her around 9:30 pm after she did not reach home.

"The two sons thought she was with the other one. They approached the police in the night," the official said. The victim is undergoing treatment in a hospital and a case of rape has been registered, the official said.

This incident came four days after a young girl was shot dead outside her college by an alleged stalker and an 83-year-old woman strangled by two youths during a robbery at her house.

Nearly 40 rape cases have been reported in the capital this year so far. The city has witnessed a sharp increase in rape and molestation cases last year since 2007.

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