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Injured
policeman dies, rape victim critical, CM battles police
Tuesday December 25, 2012 09:41:21 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A constable
brutally attacked during gang-rape protests here succumbed to his
injuries Tuesday, shattering his family and colleagues, even as
the young rape victim battled for life for the ninth straight day.
Policeman Subhash Chand Tomar's death was also marred by an
unprecedented public spat between Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit and Delhi Police over the rape victim's statement given to
a magistrate.
Tomar, 47, viciously attacked by a mob near India Gate Sunday
after the gang-rape protests turned violent, succumbed to his
injuries in a hospital early Tuesday. He was cremated with full
state honours.
Additional Commissioner of Police V.V. Chaudhary told IANS that
Tomar was an "exceptionally sincere and hard working" policeman
who had earned 77 commendations since joining Delhi Police in
1987.
The anguished family blamed protesters for Tomar's killing.
"The public is responsible for my father's death. He was brutally
beaten up by people. Can they return my father back?" asked a
wailing Deepak, his 22-year-old son who lit the funeral pyre with
his brother.
Eight people were Sunday night arrested for the attack on Tomar
but got bail the next day, Joint Commissioner of Police Taj Hassan
said. They will now be booked for murder.
At Sardarjung Hospital, doctors said the young woman who was
gang-raped by six males in a moving bus Dec 16 night was still not
out of danger.
"Her condition is still critical. She is on partial ventilator
support, but better compared to (Monday) as her internal bleeding
has significantly reduced," doctor P.K. Verma told reporters.
"She is psychologically stable, and her fighting spirit is on. She
is hopeful of a good future and needs emotional strength,"
psychiatrist R. Rastogi said.
The anti-rape protests Tuesday were a pale shadow of what was seen
over the past three days when thousands took to the streets. The
anger over the sexual assault triggered massive violence Sunday.
On Tuesday, 100 to 300 mainly young protesters chanted slogans
near the Jantar Mantar monument in the heart of the capital
demanding justice to the victim. Some wanted the rapists to be
hanged.
Parts of the city centre including India Gate area -- which
violence erupted Sunday -- remained sealed off. Delhi Metro kept
nine stations shut until evening when five were reopened.
The five included Rajiv Chowk, the busiest on the network with a
daily footfall of five lakh commuters. Central Secretariat, Udyog
Bhavan, Patel Chowk and Race Course Road stations remain closed.
Even as police raced against time to file a chargesheet in the
rape case, Chief Minister Dikshit and Delhi Police were locked in
a public spat.
Dikshit urged Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to order a
"high-level independent enquiry" against senior police officials
for allegedly interfering when the rape victim's statement was
recorded by magistrate Usha Chaturvedi.
Police chief Neeraj Kumar denied the allegation.
Chaturvedi accused three senior police officers of putting
pressure on her to record the statement the way it suited police.
Neeraj Kumar refuted the charge and accused the magistrate of not
speaking the truth.
Delhi Police reports to the home ministry, not to Dikshit.
Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said: "We want to ask how a letter
marked 'Top Secret' reached the media. There should be a probe who
leaked it."
The rape victim gave a second statement to a magistrate Monday
evening.
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