“Victim’s Character Assassination Started”: DCW Chief On Delhi Case

She also raised question over hotel manager's statement.

On Sunday morning, a horrific incident occurred in Delhi’s Kanjhawala area where a 20-year-old woman died after being dragged by a car for several kilometres. The woman’s body was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in the Mangolpuri area and Delhi Police arrested all five men who were driving the Baleno car. Recently, the police recorded the statement of a woman, who was travelling with the victim at the time of the incident. The friend claimed that the woman was drunk. After that, DCW Chief Swati Maliwal demanded a probe against her and said that the victim’s character assassination has started.

On Tuesday, Police recorded Nidhi’s statement and she appeared in television interviews as well. Reacting to her statement, Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal demanded a probe against the victim’s friend as she left her friend to die on the road and made claims that she was drunk before the incident. She said that it is character assassination. In the tweet, Swait Maliwal mentioned that when the police caught the victim’s “friend”, she appeared on TV and spoke nonsense about her. She wrote that Nidhi saw her friend dying on the road but instead of helping her, she went home and slept and asked how can people believe her.

अंजलि की दोस्त LIVE शो में बैठकर बता रही है कि कैसे उसके सामने लड़को ने अंजलि को रोंदा और ये “दोस्त” वहाँ से उठके अपने घर चली गयी। ये कैसी दोस्त है ? इसने लड़कों को रोका नहीं, पुलिस या अंजलि के किसी रिश्तेदार को नहीं बताया…घर में जाके बैठ गयी। इसकी भी जाँच होनी ज़रूरी है!

— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) January 3, 2023

आज जब पुलिस ने अंजलि की “दोस्त” को पकड़ा तो वो TV पे आके अंजलि के बारे में ऊल जलूल बकवास कर रही है। जो लड़की अपनी दोस्त को सड़क पर मरता देख उसकी मदद करने की जगह घर जाकर सो गयी, उसपे कैसे विश्वास किया जा सकता है?

अंजलि का “Character Assassination” शुरू हो चुका है, जनता समझदार है।

— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) January 3, 2023

According to the reports, the victim and her friend were seen leaving a hotel at around 1.30 am after attending a party. The manager of the hotel told police that the victim and her friend Nidhi were fighting before leaving the hotel. The hotel staff told both the girls not to fight after which both of them went on a scooter.

In another tweet, Maliwal mentioned that if the two girls were fighting after being intoxicated, then the hostel staff should have called the police. She also questioned why the two girls were kicked out of the hotel late at night and asked for proof of intoxication. She also mentioned that victim shaming needs to stop.

सुबह से होटल मालिक के घटिया बयान TV पे दिखाए जा रहे हैं, वो कह रहा है लड़कियों ने शराब पी थी, झगड़ा कर रही थीं और मैंने उन्हें बाहर निकाल दिया। अगर लड़कियाँ नशा करके झगड़ा कर रही तो पुलिस बुलाते, देर रात में उन्हें होटल से क्यूँ निकाला? नशे का क्या सबूत है? STOP VICTIM SHAMING!

— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) January 3, 2023

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