Night of shame continues……

Nirbhaya and Awindra retaliated to the verbal and physical abuse hurled at them. In the commotion that ensued, they heard one of the goons call out the names Vinay and Pawan, commanding them to bring out iron rods. Soon Awindra was hit on the head and legs with iron rods and he fell to the floor of the bus. As blows rained on him, his mobile phone, his wallet containing a thousand rupees, his wristwatch, credit cards and the clothes he was wearing, including his shoes, were all taken away.

Nirbhaya shouted for help and tried calling the police on her mobile. The hooligans pounced on her like a pack of hungry wolves, but she fought them with all her might. She was pushed to the rear end of the bus and then pinned down on a passenger seat meant for three, where all six men took turns to rape her. As punishment for her fierce resistance, she was hurt grievously with iron rods in ways so gory and sordid that I will refrain from describing them to my readers. She too was robbed of her belongings and was stripped naked. Having satiated themselves, the men decided to get rid of the injured couple, and if possible, kill them. Awindra heard one of the assailants say that the couple was not to be left alive.

They first attempted to throw them out through the rear door of the bus, but it refused to open. A naked Nirbhaya was then dragged by her hair to the front door and thrown out along with her companion, who was also without a shred of clothing on him. The bus tried to reverse and crush them to death but somehow the two managed to roll away and escape. The spot where they were found was roughly opposite Hotel Delhi 37, one of the many small motels and boarding houses along the service road heading towards Gurugram. What stands between the hotel and the spot is the Mahipalpur flyover with its various arms.

To be continued….