Police did not help me out: Gangrape victim

Three of the six men accused of gangraping an American student at a prestigious Insitute here are still absconding even as the victim alleged that the police stationed at a state-run hospital where she underwent a medical checkup refused to help her.

The 23-year-old student pursuing a course at the Tata Insitute of Social Science (TISS) said she was traumatised when the police allegedly refused to help her at the hospital when she had tried to lodge a complaint, a day after the incident happened on April 11.

The student had gone to the Rajawadi hospital in suburban Ghatkopar to undergo medical tests.

"I was medically examined by a doctor there who then referred me to some police in the hospital. However the police did not help me out. I waited at the hospital for a long time but no police officer was ready to guide me," the victim has said in her statement to the police.

Police said three of the accused have been arrested and are due to be produced before a local court while the remaining three are still absconding.

The victim stated she was truamatised by the incident and thus refused to approach the police again.

"After speaking to my mother and friends, I felt supported and comfortable to come to the police station and register a complaint," the victim has said.

The victim, who hails from Idaho in the US, had come to India in October 2008 for a course in Gender and Development in TISS.

On April 11, the victim was allegedly gangraped by six men with whom she had gone to a night club in suburban Deonar and Andheri.

The six accused are - Vinamra Soni, Karan Singh, Harsh, Anish, Devshi and Kundan.

The victim was gangraped in the suburban Andheri home of Kundan where she was taken by the accused to rest.

Prior to that, the victim and the accused had gone to a club in Deonar to party. According to the victim's statement, she suspects that the accused might have spiked her drink in the bar to make her unconscious.