14-Year-Old 'Nirbhaya' Dies, Mother Alleges Another Daughter Threatened

New Delhi: A 14-year-old Dalit girl in Delhi who had been on life support for over a month after she was allegedly raped repeatedly and forced to drink acid, died on Sunday in a tragic case that has been compared to the 2012 gang-rape and torture of the young student who came to be known as Nirbhaya. After the girl was raped in December, the accused, Shivshankar, was arrested. He was, however, let off on bail. The teenager was kidnapped again from her home in May, just before a court hearing on her rape case, allegedly by the accused. Sponsored Content by Taboola 'Disgrace!' Kim Rips Into Her Sister Kourtney Over Justin Bieber Radar Online She returned 12 days later on May 26. She told Delhi Commission for Women that she was raped "several times a day", her hands and feet were kept tied up and she was denied food. She was allegedly forced to drink acid mixed in juice. "When my child came back home, she had bruises all over. Her mouth, chest and limbs had been blackened," said the teen's mother, who works as a hospital sweeper. She says the accused man's family has now threatened to kidnap their other daughter. "The accused and his family told her if she told the court, they would kill her father and mother. She was scared," the mother sobbed. Swati Maliwal, the chief of the Delhi Commission for Women, had tweeted yesterday: "How many Nirbhayas does Delhi want?" In a sign of the politics that Ms Maliwal alleges has left women's safety completely neglected in the capital, the police have claimed that the girl kept changing her statements and denying rape. A senior police officer told NDTV the girl did go missing twice but both times, she retracted her rape claim. The accused was let off on bail in December only after she withdrew the rape charge, he claimed. The women's panel has alleged that the girl and her family were intimidated and pressured. "I don't deny that she changed and withdrew her statement several times before the court and the police. It's a matter worth investigating," said Ms Maliwal. Read More