Dhaula Kuan gangrape case: Life sentence for all 5 accused

mangaloretoday.com/ IT

New Dehli, Oct 20: A court in New Delhi on Monday awarded life sentence to all the five men convicted in the Dhaula Kuan gangrape case.

The accused have also been fined Rs.50,000 each.

Last week, the court had held all five accused - Shamshad alias Khutkan, Usman alias Kale, Shahid alias Chhota Billi, Iqbal alias Bada Billi and Kamruddin - in the 2010 gangrape of a BPO employee guilty.

 

The five men were tried for the abduction and gangrape of the 30-year-old call centre executive in Dhaula Kuan area of south Delhi.

According to the police, the five men abducted the woman, who was from the northeast, on November 24, 2010 while she was walking home with a friend after her shift ended. The abductors took her to Mangolpuri, gangraped her, and left her on an isolated road there.

The five were later arrested from Mewat in Haryana. They have claimed innocence, saying they were falsely implicated in the case.

After the incident, Delhi Police ordered all the BPO companies in Delhi and the National Capital Region to ensure proper safety for women working late as they are picked and dropped to their homes.