A 16-year-old girl was gang-raped on a moving sleeper bus in Delhi. Advocate Seema Kushwaha highlighted similarities to the Nirbhaya case
Seema Kushwaha questions police negligence
Kushwaha who represented the family in the 2012 Nirbhaya case, said the similarities with the Nirbhaya case raised serious questions over the safety of women travelling in Delhi and surrounding areas and demanded accountability from the police and authorities. So, this is a big question mark – daughters were sage neither then nor right now…This girl was gang-raped on the bus for about 47 kms.
Questioning how the bus was able to continue unchecked, she said, “A moving bus had its curtains drawn, all its lights switched off. “Nirbhaya incident occurred on a moving bus; this incident too occurred on a moving bus. Delhi Police had kept this case hidden. What was the Police doing? Why are they not alert? The same thing had happened with Nirbhaya… Kushwaha stressed that stronger implementation of laws meant to protect women was needed and questioned why no police personnel had been arrested in connection with the incident so far. “The proper implementation of laws on women’s security is really important…Why have no Police personnel been arrested so far? Why has the accountability of check posts been fixed so far? This is negligence…”
Today, when the accused were arrested, the things came to light.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)