Delhi Police Register case against zee news for airing interview of Nirbhays male friend who spoke fearlessly

Watch the Zee News Interview of Nirbhays male friend full interview at the end of post

Delhi Police Register case against zee news for airing interview of Nirbhays male friend who spoke fearlessly


The Delhi Police on Friday decided to register a case against Zee News after the channel aired an interview with the male friend of the girl who was gang-raped  on December 16,
a crime to which he is the lone witness.

Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat told to media that the case will be filed under Section 228 (A) of the Indian Penal Code, which pertains to disclosure of identity of victims of certain offences, including rape

Nirbhaya's male friend gave first interview to Zee News channel.
In his interview he told following

they had been lured into boarding the private bus on December 16 night at Munirka in South Delhi.

The bus occupants had everything planned.
Apart from the driver and helper, others behaved like they were passengers.
we even paid Rs.20 as fare.
Then they started teasing my friend and same led to a brawl.
I beat three of them up but then the rest of them brought an iron rod and hit me.
Before I fell unconscious, they took my friend away  

The bus drove through the city for around two-and-a-half hours while the two were being attacked

They raped her and tore their clothes and thrown out of bus and tried to kill Nirbhay under bus but he saved her .

the two of them lay naked on the road for more than two hours with people stopping to look at them and then moving on.

"My friend was grievously injured and bleeding profusely.

Cars, autos and bikes slowed down and sped away.

 I kept waving for help.
The ones who stopped stared at us, discussing what could have happened.
Nobody did anything

Three PCR vans arrived at the spot.

Then,  the cops spent the next half-hour arguing over whose jurisdiction the crime fell under

The police did not pick us up.

One of them tore a sheet and offered it to me to cover my friend. In my injured state, I picked her up and put her in the PCR van

The police took us to Safdarjung Hospital rather than going to the nearest private hospital. As it was late night traffic was less so they reach their otherwise  Nirbhaya would have died same day.

When we reached the hospital, I sat without clothes on the floor for a long time even as my friend was taken inside for treatment

He said for the next four days, he lay on a stretcher in the police station, where he was not provided any treatment or counseling.

In fact, he added that his treatment was being done at a private hospital on his own expense.

He told to zee news that shifting shift Nirbhaya to Singapore for treatment was opportunistic decision aimed at controlling the protests. "When they thought the pressure was too much to handle, they moved her to Singapore. Had she been taken to a good hospital in the first place, she would have been alive."

In his first public interviews  Nirbhaya's friend said on Friday that the two of them lay naked on the road for more than two hours with people stopping to look at them and then moving on.

I do not think  zee news or the nirbhays male friend has done anything wrong.

Nothing is wrong in speaking truth.

Watch the Zee News Interview of Nirbhays Male Friend Part 1

Watch the Zee News Interview of Nirbhays male friend Part 2

 


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