Doctor allegedly gang raped and left half dead in Delhi
New Delhi (India), SVM News, September 25, 2007: A 25-year-old doctor working with Employee State Insurance Hospital at Basai Darapur in West Delhi has been allegedly gang raped and left half dead on September 20.
"The authorities of the hospital reported that general physician and resident doctor was found unconscious and brutally injured as a result of gang rape at the Raja Garden hostel of the state-run ESI hospital on Thursday night. She was admitted to the emergency ward in the same hospital," police said on Tuesday.
"Doctors informed that there were strangulation marks on her neck and injuries on her private parts. She was hurt badly and for better treatment she was shifted to a private hospital," said a senior police official investigating the matter.
Therefore, she is presently admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of Balaji Healthcare Hospital in Paschim Vihar. The doctors at the Balaji hospital said that she was still critical and unfit to make any police statement.
"We have registered a case under section 307 for attempting to rape and murder against unknown assailants. But it seems that the victim was gang raped. We will convert into a rape case after taking her statement," the official told.
She was hailing from punjab, and was living with her sister at the hostel.
Police officer of Moti Nagar police station said to the Salem Voice Ministries (SVM) News Service that they have registered a case under section 307 for attempting to rape and murder against unknown assailants.
The doctor was reportedly found on the floor with needle marks on her arms. Initial reports claim that there was an attempt to murder her after the alleged rape. Police said that she sustained injuries while resisting.
"Investigations suggest that the accused were familiar to the victim. We have identified them and would make arrests only after the victim's statement. We hope to record her plea in next two days," police said. "It seems that the victim was gang raped. We will convert into a rape case," official added.
SALEM VOICE MINISTRIES NEWS SERVICE (SVM NEWS)
