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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Rape allegation rocks city home for visually impaired

A 20-YEAR-OLD visually impaired woman was allegedly raped by her teacher, who is also visually impaired, at a hostel in Timarpur in north Delhi a week ago. The accused kept threatening the victim for five days and she complained to the police only on Tuesday, confided first in her elder sister.

The teacher, Rajendra Gupta (38), has been arrested. The police said the victim had moved into Vinayak Drishtiheen Mahila Kalyan Samaj Ashram in Timarpur six months ago. On January 11, the accused followed the victim to a storeroom. "He raped her in the storeroom and also threatened her with dire consequences," said a police officer.

The police said the victim, a resident of Uttam Nagar, left her hostel and returned home after the incident. "She was under immense shock after the incident.

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Article taken from the issue: 17 Jan 2008

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