Delhi restricts entry to public parks after sunset following teen’s gang rape
The Delhi Development Authority will also conduct safety audit of all parks within a week, officials said.
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The Delhi Development Authority has restricted entry to its parks after sunset as part of new safety measures, two days after a 17-year-old girl was gang raped allegedly by three men posing as police personnel in a park near Kalkaji temple, PTI reported on Wednesday.
On Monday night, the girl and her 17-year-old male friend were accosted by the three accused persons at Astha Kunj Park, which is maintained by the Delhi Development Authority. Joint Commissioner of Police (Southern Range) Vijay Kumar said the accused used “legal terminology to intimidate the two telling them that they…had done something wrong and could face a case”.
“The trio then separated the girl by taking her to a secluded spot while restraining the boy and sexually assaulted the girl,” he added.
A first information case was registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to gang rape of a child, criminal conspiracy, voluntarily causing hurt and aggravated criminal intimidation. It also invoked sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
All three accused in the case – Asif (31), Hemanth (31) and his brother Mukesh (24) – have been arrested.
The incident triggered concerns over safety arrangements in public parks in the national capital. After a meeting with Delhi Lieutenant General Taranjit Singh Sandhu,...
