85-Year-Old Woman Raped, Assaulted In Delhi's Shakurpur Area, Accused Held. DCW Sends Notice To Police

An 85-year-old woman in Delhi's Shakurpur area said that a man forcibly entered her living quarters and raped her. He also allegedly physically abused her and tried to strangle her.

Representative Photo | The victim claimed the man assaulted her by punching her in the face, cutting her lip with a blade, and attempting to strangle her.

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An elderly woman was allegedly raped in the Shakurpur area of Delhi. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Friday issued a notice to the city police regarding the case. The 85-year-old victim, who resided alone in a local slum, reported that a man forcibly entered her living quarters around 4 a.m. and raped her, the DCW stated. The police informed that the accused identified as Akash (28) has been arrested in connection with the case, news agency PTI reported.

A case under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Subhash Place police station and an investigation was taken up, a Delhi Police officer told PTI. 

According to the panel, the victim claimed the man assaulted her by punching her in the face, cutting her lip with a blade, and attempting to strangle her. The victim sustained injuries on various parts of her body, including her private areas.

"She has also informed that the accused punched her face, cut her lip with a blade and tried to strangulate her. There are injuries all over her body and private parts as well," the DCW stated in its notice addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) district, as quoted by PTI.

In its official notice, the DCW has requested a copy of the First Information Report (FIR) filed in connection with the incident. Additionally, the panel sought information about whether the police maintain a record of elderly individuals living alone within the district.

"Today, humanity has been ravaged in Delhi! 85-year-old Amma was raped after entering her slum at 4 am in Shakurpur. Seeing the wound after meeting him, the soul trembled. An 8-month-old baby girl or an 85-year-old mother, all are victims of brutality. Has issued a notice to the police demanding his arrest!" DCW chief Swati Maliwal posted on X, formerly Twitter.

The DCW has set a deadline of September 5 for the submission of an action-taken report regarding the case.

This incident follows a reported case of child abuse in the city wherein a three-and-a-half-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at a school situated in the Panchsheel Enclave area of south Delhi, as per the police.

A PCR call was received by the Hauz Khas police station on August 1, reporting child abuse at a school near the Chirag Delhi flyover in Panchsheel Enclave, PTI reported a senior police official as informing.

The victim disclosed that she had been sexually abused by a school cleaner named Arjun Kumar (33), who had been arrested and charged under sections 376 (rape) and 377 (unnatural offences) of the Indian Penal Code, as well as section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Arjun Kumar was subsequently placed in judicial custody.