Under-fire DCW defends its action on alleged rape of German

February 29, 2016 21:23

Amid allegations of sitting over a rape complaint for 15 days filed by the German national, the Delhi Commission for Women today said that it was verifying the veracity of the complaint before forwarding it to the police as the email it received was unsigned and did not have the phone number of the victim.

The Commission, instead, has now issued a notice to Delhi Police seeking to know the reason for the delay in registering an FIR which it claimed was leading to harassment of the victim as she was having to continue her stay in Delhi to ensure the same. "The Commission had received a brief email from the victim on February 5, 2016 and the email was unsigned and did not have the phone number of the victim.

In order to verify the veracity of the complaint, the Commission with great effort was able to identify the mobile number of the victim," said the Commission Chairperson Swati Maliwal.

The Commission further said that a DCW Counsellor then spoke to the victim and made efforts to clear her apprehensions and encouraged her to report the facts to the Commission and the Delhi Police.

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