A 35-year-old Polish woman was kidnapped along with her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter from Mathura and raped by an unknown person, possibly a taxi driver, after making her unconscious. later, the accused dumped her at Nizamuddin Railway Station in the Capital. As the victim regained consciousness, 12 hours later on Friday morning, she approached Delhi Police in the evening and a zero FIR was registered at Paharganj Police Station.
Her ordeal started on Thursday night when she was waiting for a bus along with her daughter on the Delhi-Agra Highway near Mathura to board a bus to Delhi. The victim, in her plaint told police it was 10.30 pm when a white coloured car sidled up to her and a man pulled her into the vehicle. She said the accused spritzed a liquid on her face after which she lost consciousness.
“She had boarded an e-rickshaw from her residence in Mathura and got off on the highway where she was waiting for a bus for Delhi. Fifteen minutes later, a car approached her and before she could react, the driver of the vehicle brandished a knife at her. Then he squirted a fluid on her following which she fell unconscious,” said a police officer, adding she did not know where she was taken thereafter and raped.
The victim claimed a man, aged around 30 years, pushed her into his car. He also pushed her daughter inside along with her pram. “She regained consciousness next day in the morning and found herself lying on a bench at Nizamuddin Railway Station. Her daughter was lying next to her. She approached some passersby who suggested she go to Paharganj where she could find a place to stay. She checked into a hotel there and filed a case at Paharganj Police Station,” a police official said.
The victim runs an export house and is based in Mathura, where she has been living in a rented accommodation for the last three years. She is also associated with a religious group in Mathura. After receiving the complaint, an NGO was called in and the victim was counselled. She was taken for a medical exam which confirmed rape. On the basis of the victim’s statement, a zero FIR was registered under Sections of rape (376), abduction (365), poisoning (328) and criminal intimidation (506) of IPC at the Paharganj Police Station. After completing all legal formalities, a case has been officially transferred to Mathura police.