<p>The alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in a park near the Kalkaji Mandir, roughly 2.5 kms away from the Lady Shri Ram College, has once again raised questions over women's safety in the National Capital Region. The Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) Students' Union held an emergency meeting, citing that students, especially those living in nearby paying guest accommodations, feel deeply shaken and unsafe. They organised a protest march demanding stringent measures for women's safety in the national capital. They argued that the burden of women's safety can not be "on women alone". Following the incident, the College administration cancelled regular classes and shifted to online mode for September 23.&nbsp;</p><p>On September 21 at around 7.30 in the evening, the 17-year-old victim and her friend entered Aastha Kunj Park through Gate No 7 after visiting the nearby Kalkaji Mandir. They were approached by three suspects who posed as police officers and intimidated them. The suspects forcefully separated the girl from the boy, who was beaten and restrained. They dragged the girl to a dark, secluded area of the park where she was assaulted.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Also Read: </strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/eci-rift-sir-election-commissioners-14-objections-gyanesh-kumar-1790170937542"><strong>ECI rift? Two Election Commissioners quietly fought the CEC Gyanesh Kumar for 10 months</strong></a></p><p>The police tracked down and arrested the three suspects, Asif, Hemant Singh, and Mukesh on the victim's identification. The accused Asif was shot in the leg in a confrontation with the police around 50 metres from the LSR college's back gate. &nbsp;A case has been registered under the relevant provisions of law, including those of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.</p><p>"After we got to know about the unfortunate incident, we cancelled classes. The safety, security, and well-being of our students is of paramount importance to us," LSR principal Kanika K Ahuja said. Regular offline classes are scheduled to resume on Thursday, September 24, 2026. The college has formally requested increased Delhi Police patrolling around the campus boundaries and nearby areas.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

LSR students protested after a 17-year-old was allegedly gang-raped in Aastha Kunj Park near Kalkaji Mandir, Delhi.

The alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in a park near the Kalkaji Mandir, roughly 2.5 kms away from the Lady Shri Ram College, has once again raised questions over women's safety in the National Capital Region. The Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) Students' Union held an emergency meeting, citing that students, especially those living in nearby paying guest accommodations, feel deeply shaken and unsafe. They organised a protest march demanding stringent measures for women's safety in the national capital. They argued that the burden of women's safety can not be "on women alone". Following the incident, the College administration cancelled regular classes and shifted to online mode for September 23. On September 21 at around 7.30 in the evening, the 17-year-old victim and her friend entered Aastha Kunj Park through Gate No 7 after visiting the nearby Kalkaji Mandir. They were approached by three suspects who posed as police officers and intimidated them. The suspects forcefully separated the girl from the boy, who was beaten and restrained. They dragged the girl to a dark, secluded area of the park where she was assaulted. Also Read: ECI rift? Two Election Commissioners quietly fought the CEC Gyanesh Kumar for 10 months The police tracked down and arrested the three suspects, Asif, Hemant Singh, and Mukesh on the victim's identification. The accused Asif was shot in the leg in a confrontation with the police around 50 metres from the LSR college's back gate. A case has been registered under the relevant provisions of law, including those of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said. "After we got to know about the unfortunate incident, we cancelled classes. The safety, security, and well-being of our students is of paramount importance to us," LSR principal Kanika K Ahuja said. Regular offline classes are scheduled to resume on Thursday, September 24, 2026. The college has formally requested increased Delhi Police patrolling around the campus boundaries and nearby areas.

<p>LSR students protested after a 17-year-old was allegedly gang-raped in Aastha Kunj Park near Kalkaji Mandir, Delhi.</p>

Delhi 17-year old gang raped, LSR students protest, college seeks more police patrols

<p>&quot;Even after 5 years, her culprits are alive. If justice isn&#39;t served on time, people cease to be scared of law,&quot; Nirbhaya&#39;s mother told media today as the horrific incident of the 23-year-old medical student completed its fifth year today.</p>

<p>People from all across the country continue to express their deep regret over the unfortunate incident also remembering Nirbhaya&#39;s indomitable spirit that lives on in every Indian.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>&quot;A strong law needs to be formulated &amp; mindset of everyone, be it a politician or a common man, needs to be changed,&quot; noted Nirbhaya&#39;s mother.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Even after 5 years, her culprits are alive. If justice isn&#39;t served on time, people cease to be scared of law. A strong law needs to be formulated &amp; mindset of everyone, be it a politician or a common man, needs to be changed: Asha Devi, Mother of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nirbhaya?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nirbhaya</a> <a href="https://t.co/IsCFi4T5dA">pic.twitter.com/IsCFi4T5dA</a></p>
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<p>&quot;We cannot her compensate her loss but let us resolve to keep our society safe,&quot; tweeted West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>On May 5, the <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/two-death-row-convicts-file-review-plea-in-supreme-court-26882">Supreme Court</a> upheld the death penalty to the four convicts - Mukesh (29), Pawan (22), Vinay Sharma (23) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), saying the &quot;brutal, barbaric and diabolic nature&quot; of the crime could create a &quot;tsunami of shock&quot; to destroy a civilised society.</p>

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<p>The 23-year-old paramedic student was gang-raped on December 16, 2012, inside a moving bus in South Delhi by a gang of six persons.</p>

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<p>Nirbhaya succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012, at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.&nbsp;</p>


People from all across the country continue to express their deep regret over the unfortunate incident also remembering Nirbhaya's indomitable spirit

"Even after 5 years, her culprits are alive. If justice isn't served on time, people cease to be scared of law," Nirbhaya's mother told media today as the horrific incident of the 23-year-old medical student completed its fifth year today. People from all across the country continue to express their deep regret over the unfortunate incident also remembering Nirbhaya's indomitable spirit that lives on in every Indian. Women safety in India is a big concern and on the fifth anniversary of the Delhi gang rape, we look at what's changed and what hasn't. Watch this video for more information (WION) × "A strong law needs to be formulated & mindset of everyone, be it a politician or a common man, needs to be changed," noted Nirbhaya's mother. Even after 5 years, her culprits are alive. If justice isn't served on time, people cease to be scared of law. A strong law needs to be formulated & mindset of everyone, be it a politician or a common man, needs to be changed: Asha Devi, Mother of #Nirbhaya pic.twitter.com/IsCFi4T5dA — ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2017 × "We cannot her compensate her loss but let us resolve to keep our society safe," tweeted West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee. Remembering #Nirbhaya on the 5th anniversary of brutal Delhi incident. We cannot compensate her loss but let us resolve to keep our society safe — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) December 16, 2017 × On May 5, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty to the four convicts - Mukesh (29), Pawan (22), Vinay Sharma (23) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), saying the "brutal, barbaric and diabolic nature" of the crime could create a "tsunami of shock" to destroy a civilised society. Dear #Nirbhaya, many a minor girls and grown-up women still suffer the ordeal that you fought valiantly. You are a symbol of strength in face of brutality and of hope that #ViolenceAgainstWomen can end and we should keep striving for that. pic.twitter.com/aRLDFLOqz6 — Mahila Congress (@MahilaCongress) December 16, 2017 × The 23-year-old paramedic student was gang-raped on December 16, 2012, inside a moving bus in South Delhi by a gang of six persons. Nirbhaya succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012, at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.

5 years of Nirbhaya case: Nation remembers 'Damini's' indomitable spirit

<p>As the country remembers Nirbhaya on her fifth death anniversary today, Ravidas Camp, a slum colony in south Delhi, is struggling to shed the tag of the place belonging to those who brutalised and murdered the 23-year-old para-medical student.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/5-years-of-nirbhaya-case-people-remember-26886">Nirbhaya</a> was brutally gang-raped on the intervening night of December 16, 2012, in a moving bus in south Delhi.&nbsp;Four of the six men convicted for the crime lived in the slum colony.&nbsp;The residents of Ravidas Camp lament that the world looks at them with suspicion and disgust. They say the constant media focus on the place has done them no good.</p>

<p>&quot;We want to erase that blot. Whenever we feel that we have moved on, something or the other reminds us of that incident. The media makes frequent rounds to this place, be it for the December 16 incident or other reasons&quot;, says a resident who did not wish to be named.</p>

<p>As this reporter visited the camp, many residents were initially unwilling to talk about the fateful incident.&nbsp;Bihari Lal, president of Ravidas Camp Resident Welfare Association, said, &quot;Some people committed a crime that day. But what is our fault? Why are we paying the price for what they did?&quot;.</p>

<p>He said life has been tough for the camp residents after the incident.&nbsp;&quot;People look at us from head to toe when they come to know that we live in Ravidas Camp. It was difficult for our people to get jobs after the incident&quot;, says Pyaare Lal, who had been staying in the camp since 1990.</p>

<p>&quot;Media coverage about the camp has only added to our woes&quot;, he complained.&nbsp;The residents also claimed that compared to other slum areas in the vicinity, theirs was much cleaner and also one without any liquor vend.<br />
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&quot;Ravidas Camp is cleaner than most of the adjacent slums. There are no &#39; thekas&#39; (liquor vends) here and respectable families stay here. Our children have government jobs and want to lead a respectable life&quot;, says another resident.</p>

<p>Lal said they had also thought of changing the name of the camp.&nbsp;&quot;We will have a meeting with other RWA members about it. But we do realise that it is a long process. All our identity cards have this address. It is not an easy step&quot;, he added.</p>

<p>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/nirbhaya-delhi-gangrape-case-a-judicial-perspective-26888">&#39;Nirbhaya&#39; Delhi gangrape case: A judicial perspective</a></p>


'We want to erase that blot. Whenever we feel that we have moved on, something or the other reminds us of that incident', says a resident of the camp

As the country remembers Nirbhaya on her fifth death anniversary today, Ravidas Camp, a slum colony in south Delhi, is struggling to shed the tag of the place belonging to those who brutalised and murdered the 23-year-old para-medical student. Nirbhaya was brutally gang-raped on the intervening night of December 16, 2012, in a moving bus in south Delhi. Four of the six men convicted for the crime lived in the slum colony. The residents of Ravidas Camp lament that the world looks at them with suspicion and disgust. They say the constant media focus on the place has done them no good. "We want to erase that blot. Whenever we feel that we have moved on, something or the other reminds us of that incident. The media makes frequent rounds to this place, be it for the December 16 incident or other reasons", says a resident who did not wish to be named. As this reporter visited the camp, many residents were initially unwilling to talk about the fateful incident. Bihari Lal, president of Ravidas Camp Resident Welfare Association, said, "Some people committed a crime that day. But what is our fault? Why are we paying the price for what they did?". He said life has been tough for the camp residents after the incident. "People look at us from head to toe when they come to know that we live in Ravidas Camp. It was difficult for our people to get jobs after the incident", says Pyaare Lal, who had been staying in the camp since 1990. "Media coverage about the camp has only added to our woes", he complained. The residents also claimed that compared to other slum areas in the vicinity, theirs was much cleaner and also one without any liquor vend. "Ravidas Camp is cleaner than most of the adjacent slums. There are no ' thekas' (liquor vends) here and respectable families stay here. Our children have government jobs and want to lead a respectable life", says another resident. Lal said they had also thought of changing the name of the camp. "We will have a meeting with other RWA members about it. But we do realise that it is a long process. All our identity cards have this address. It is not an easy step", he added. Also Read: 'Nirbhaya' Delhi gangrape case: A judicial perspective

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