NEW DELHI : An Indian court Monday convicted two members of the country's presidential bodyguard of raping a teenage university student in the heart of the national capital six years ago.
The attack on the 17-year-old student sparked outrage across India as it involved soldiers belonging to an elite unit at the presidential palace, a tourist highlight in New Delhi.
The two soldiers, members of the President's Bodyguard, could be imprisoned for life.
The New Delhi court also convicted two other presidential bodyguards of abducting and robbing the student, who was assaulted in a park in the city's centre in October 2003 in broad daylight.
The four will be sentenced Saturday, court officials said.
The victim, who was strolling in the park with a male friend, was attacked by the four soldiers, the prosecution said. While two of them stood guard, the other two raped her.
The park lies within a kilometre (mile) of the British-built, red-stone presidential palace, which is guarded by hundreds of soldiers and policemen.
There are often reports of rape in India but many women are reluctant to complain to police because of the stigma surrounding the crime and fears it could jeopardise their chances of marriage.
Members of the armed forces have been dogged in recent years by accusations of sexual misconduct.
Re: Two Indian presidential bodyguards convicted of rape
August 18 2009, 6:48 AM
yea yea, the phuckistani army doesnt commit similiar crimes against its own ppl eh?
Last time i checked ~100,000 troops were mobilised backed by tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships to fight against the pashtun tribals of phuckistan. What a joke of a country.
""""""in this day and age where media sees everything
their would have been low probability of that happening
every riot in the country is reported.....every part of the country is connected by media outlets because it makes money....if these people
can go trashing a hospital for a miscarriage(just an example) no doubt they should have went after that soldier for molesting their own woman"
Media is blind, dumb and deaf when it comes to N-E India.
Media wasnt there when Indian Army massacred entire Kakopothar village in 1992 during Operation bajrang in the name of fighting ULFA. Men, women, children all were killed.
Media was sleeping when IAF jets bombed and straffed their own countrymen in Mizoram in the name of counter-insurgency.
Media was again sleeping when similiar army atrocities went unreported in Nagaland.
Media was sleeping when Thangjam Manorama, a Manipuri woman, was abducted raped and killed by Indian paramilitary forces and her death covered as a "suspect killed in encounter".
Every riot in this country is reported, but the definition for country in Indian media stops at west bengal in the eastern most corridor. Beyond that for them is unchartered territory. Every day Bangladeshis make incursions into Meghalaya, by their armed paramilitary BDR, media and the govt is silent. Only the local media outlets are stupid enough to keep reporting it hoping that Delhi will pay attention. I wont be surprised if New Delhi hands over entire North East India to Bangladesh hoping that it will "promote goodwill" with its neighbours. """"
Re: Two Indian presidential bodyguards convicted of rape
August 18 2009, 7:11 AM
yea yea, the phuckistani army doesnt commit similiar crimes against its own ppl eh?
Last time i checked ~100,000 troops were mobilised backed by tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships to fight against the pashtun tribals of phuckistan. What a joke of a country.
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calm down... looks like you have already ruptured your brain. last time i checked india has about 500,000 troops in kashmir for just handfull of freedomfighters.. and most of them commit suicides or turn psycho like you..
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"Anti indian, the raja of the jungle!!"
paki song promoting terrorism.
""""""in this day and age where media sees everything
their would have been low probability of that happening
every riot in the country is reported.....every part of the country is connected by media outlets because it makes money....if these people
can go trashing a hospital for a miscarriage(just an example) no doubt they should have went after that soldier for molesting their own woman"
Media is blind, dumb and deaf when it comes to N-E India.
Media wasnt there when Indian Army massacred entire Kakopothar village in 1992 during Operation bajrang in the name of fighting ULFA. Men, women, children all were killed.
Media was sleeping when IAF jets bombed and straffed their own countrymen in Mizoram in the name of counter-insurgency.
Media was again sleeping when similiar army atrocities went unreported in Nagaland.
Media was sleeping when Thangjam Manorama, a Manipuri woman, was abducted raped and killed by Indian paramilitary forces and her death covered as a "suspect killed in encounter".
Every riot in this country is reported, but the definition for country in Indian media stops at west bengal in the eastern most corridor. Beyond that for them is unchartered territory. Every day Bangladeshis make incursions into Meghalaya, by their armed paramilitary BDR, media and the govt is silent. Only the local media outlets are stupid enough to keep reporting it hoping that Delhi will pay attention. I wont be surprised if New Delhi hands over entire North East India to Bangladesh hoping that it will "promote goodwill" with its neighbours. """"
Re: Two Indian presidential bodyguards convicted of rape
August 18 2009, 6:22 PM
Ran off like a coward when you saw that I came online, eh Darra??
And whats with posting FN's posts? LOL, do you want reposts of Shuja calling you Darra Chaudhry the punjabi who ties payal to his feet and performs mujra for the americans? LOL..
Or prado calling you a taxi driver? HAHAHA1!!
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Re: Two Indian presidential bodyguards convicted of rape
August 18 2009, 9:34 PM
^^ LOL A PAKHTOON RUNNING AWAY FROM A GHANDOOSTANI JOKE OF THE YEAR. THE SAME PEOPLE WHO USED GIVE THEIR DAUGHTERS TO PAKHTOONS IN MARRIAGE TO SEEK FAVOURS BWAHAHAHAHA