Kin Seek Govt Job For Rape Victim

NE group to meet Delhi CM

By Hamari Jamatia

The NE Support Centre and Helpline plans to ask the Delhi government to provide the Dhaula Kuan gangrape victim with a government job, at the behest of her family members, in order to spare her the possibility of humiliation at her former workplace.

Madhu Chandra, spokesperson of the NE Helpline told Newsline that the family of the victim is now concerned about her future and do not want her to go back to her former call centre job. “She may face humiliation if she has to go back to her former workplace. The place may also remind her of the incident. To spare her the trouble, her family has asked us to request Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to provide her with a job,” Chandra said.

The NE Helpline, along with civil society groups, will meet Dikshit on Friday to submit a memorandum outlining the request. According to Chandra, the request for a job is not out of place since the crime comes under the purview of the Special SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, under which states the victim can be given a government job.

The Mizoram government is also working to ensure that the identity of the victim remains confidential. She has been shifted from Mizoram Bhavan to an undisclosed location. A friend told Newsline that the victim has also finally started going out. “She is accompanied by family members,” he said. Apart from the Mizoram government, Members of Parliament from the eight Northeastern states of the country have decided to chip in to ensure the safety of Northeastern women in the Capital. Topping their list of demands is the construction of a working women’s hostel for women from the Northeast.

The Northeast MP Forum has also submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister, in which they have demanded that more patrolling be carried out in areas where people from Northeast communities reside, and a helpline be set up for them headed by a police officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner Police or above, preferably also belonging to the Northeast.

LH Liana, an MP from Mizoram, said they are also looking at providing financial assistance to the girl. “It is a really unfortunate event, but we also appreciate the fact that the Delhi Police have caught some of the culprits,’ he said.

BPO employees now to be dropped at their doorsteps: Cops

Following the Dhaula Kuan gangrape case, the Delhi Police has decided to make it mandatory for all call centres to ensure that their employees are dropped off at their doorsteps and also accompanied by a security guard.

The victim was dropped a few metres from her house on November 24.

“We will promulgate an order making it mandatory for BPOs to ensure that their employees are dropped off at homes and not on the main roads.

I will issue an order under the Delhi Police Act or Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,” said Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta.

The order is likely to come out within two days he added.

“If the vehicle cannot reach their residences, a security guard will have to accompany the employees till their houses,” he added.