Delhi:
A 17-year-old girl in Delhi filed a police complaint three months ago, claiming that her brother Shahrukh had raped her. The police took the accused into custody, but a few days later the victim's parents persuaded her into taking back the case.
The victim was then sent to Nirmal Chhaya, a women's shelter home near Tihar Jail on July 17. On August 18, she fled from the place with four other inmates.
"I had to flee from the Nari Niketan. They were treating me very badly there. Not only me, they used to make the freshers wash the seniors' clothes and clean the hostel. But that's not why I fled; the main reason is that I don't belong there. My brother is the one who should be inside, not me. Moreover, my father had promised to take me out from Nirmal Chhaya but he didn't turn up and the warden informed me that he had signed a court letter saying he didn't want to take me," said the girl.
"We tied a saree to a window on the third floor to escape. There was barbed wire fencing on the walls and all of us sustained injuries. Till 3 am we were out on the roads. During the getaway, we had to take shelter inside a bus for about an hour. I was extremely happy to be out again, but at my friend's relative's home, another nightmare awaited me. The first few days of my stay were pretty uneventful but then I got to know about their true intentions. The woman who gave me shelter threatened me saying she would approach the police if I didn't sleep with her customers. I was rescued by my friend on August 27," she added.
When contacted, the girl's father said: "I was about to get her out of the shelter home. When she fled from Nirmal Chhaya, we got a call from the security guard informing us about the incident. We are searching for our daughter. And her allegation about her being raped by my son is false. If we find her we'll definitely take her back to our home".
However, the girl says she doesn't want to go back home because she is scared at the thought of staying with her brother.
Despite repeated attempts to contact Nirmal Chhaya, there was no response from the concerned authorities.
A police official said: "Nirmal Chhaya had filed a complaint regarding the matter. At present we've got two of the girls back. We are trying to get the others back as soon as possible."