Gurmehar gets security, Delhi POLICE file FIR FOR RAPE THREATS

NEW DELHI: Taking cognizance of the complaint received by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), the Delhi Police have registered an FIR in connection with the incident. The case has been transferred to the Cyber Cell unit of the Crime Branch.

“We had received a complaint by the DCW regarding the rape threats received by DU student Gurmehar Kaur. She had sent in a written complaint and we have gone through the contents of the letter. A case has been registered under Section 354-A, 506 IPC and 67 IT Act,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (South Western Range), Depender Pathak.

The police are now currently going to identify the sites in which Kaur had received the alleged rape and death threats. They are yet to identify the culprits who had issued the threats. “We are going to write to social media sites in the coming few days. We have not yet identified the culprits as the investigation is underway,” Pathak added.

The police have, in the meantime, have provided Kaur with adequate security cover after a threat analysis was conducted. The police have also taken cognizance of the complaint received by the ABVP members over the Ramjas incident. They are looking into the contents of the complaint and have said that sedition charges will not be applied and have said that it would be premature to comment on the sections that will be applied to the case.

The Delhi Police had also received a complaint on Tuesday’s protest march incident in which an AISA member, Utkarsh had alleged that he was assaulted by ABVP members — Prashant Mishra and Vinayak. The two of them were arrested from the spot itself after an FIR was registered at Maurice Nagar police station.

Meanwhile, in another major development, DU student Gurmehar Kaur on Tuesday withdrew from her social media campaign against the ABVP after allegedly receiving threats from the members of the Rss-backed outfit and being trolled by the ruling BJP leaders. She pulled out of the campaign saying she had taken “all she could”.

In a series of tweets, Gurmehar appealed to others to join the march and wrote: “To anyone questioning my courage and bravery. I’ve shown more than enough”.

Kaur, daughter of martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, received support from her college — Lady Shri Ram College — which termed her act as sensible and brave. “I’m withdrawing from the campaign. Congratulations everyone. I request to be left alone. I said what I had to say... One thing is for sure, next time we will think twice before resorting to violence or threats and that’s all this was about,” she tweeted.

Kaur said she has been through a lot and “this is all my 20 year self could take”. After withdrawing from the campaign, Kaur will not participate in any activity against ABVP members. She has also decided to not participate in a march being held by a group of students at the Delhi University.

The Lady Sri Ram College backed Kaur, saying that she has the right to express her opinion. “We support our student as duty of institutions is to nurture students without fear. Gurmehar has right to express her opinion and she responded sensitively, bravely. She has fulfilled her duty as a young citizen,” the college said in a statement.

The 20-year-old girl had started the

campaign “I am not afraid of ABVP”, following the violence at Ramjas College. The campaign went viral and received massive support from students of various universities.

On Monday, she met Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal and said that she has been receiving “rape threats” on social media, allegedly by ABVP members.