NEW DELHI: Six days after a woman journalist residing in south Delhi lodged a complaint of stalking and receiving rape and death threats, an FIR was lodged at Vasant Kunj North police station on Tuesday evening.
The victim was receiving threats online. In the last week of January, someone tried to break into her apartment. The alleged accused also called her and described the colour of the clothes she was wearing and threatened to kill her and her husband.
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Taking six days to lodge a case of sexual harassment is extremely condemnable. This betrays appalling gender insensitivity. At a time when journalists are also being summarily sent to jail, it makes one wonder if there were other reasons behind the delay.
She lodged the complaint with police two days after the break-in attempt on January 25 while her husband was at work. The accused tried to open the iron grille of the house, but left when she raised an alarm.
“Around 9pm, someone tried to open the grille. I heard the movement of the key for 2-3 minutes. I thought my husband had come home and was trying to open the door. I called him 3-4 times, but got no answer. I then got up from the bed and started walking towards the entrance saying, ‘kaun hai?’ As I approached the main door, the person left. By the time I opened both the doors, no one could be found. This entire incident took about seven minutes,” the victim said in her complaint.
Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) on Tuesday said they were concerned about the incident. “She has been stalked, openly threatened with rape and murder and viciously trolled, while an attempt to break into her apartment was made on January 25. It is shocking to learn that no FIR was filed following her January 27 complaint to police, which includes telephone numbers from which she received the threats. The callers tried to instil fear in her by giving her exact location and even described the clothes she was wearing,” IWPC added in a statement.