Chapter-2

One man, about 6 feet in height, grabbed her by the shoulder; the other pushed them both into a public toilet, just off the road. Abhita was too startled that she couldn’t react to what happened at that moment. She was nauseated by the stink of the toilet, and shouted for help, but she was pushed down by one of the men, who was kicking her, and hurling abuses at her. The other pulled him back, asked him to guard the door, felt her breasts, then her body, finally reaching his hands to her underwear beneath her long skirt, he tore it off, and entered into her, she cried and howled, but no one came to her rescue. A man came to use the toilet, but was pushed away by the guard standing at the door; he saw what was happening, but said nothing and went away. He didn’t even stop the men from verbally abusing the helpless girl. She tried defending herself, by kicking him hard, as hard as she could, but he was physically more stronger then her, not only resisted her attacks, but when he was over, with his pleasure he punched her hard in the face, he smooched her, muttered more abuses, zipped up his pants, and asked his partner to take his turn. “Le to bi Karle Randi ke sath.”[Go and do with that prostitute] he asked him, while taking up the guard at the door. The second man was more brutal then the first, he first boated her up thoroughly, and then raped her twice. By this time, all her defenses had been paralyzed, and she lay there near the toilet, to be raped again by that man, who then tore off her t-shirt. Feeling her breasts, hurling abuses at her, words she had never listened to before, things which never had anyone done to her. Once he paused. He sat crossed legs on the floor, grabbed her head from behind, forced it to her erect penis, and made her suck it, again and again. His sperm, lacing her pretty, battered face.

The man wouldn’t have stopped had his partner not stopped him. “She will die, you fool.”, and with much persuasion, he tried to stop him, but as they were about to leave, he turned her around and tried to get his penis into her anus. The other man tried to stop him, but he was cursed too, finally somehow he managed to take him away. As they were leaving, the man who had raped her first threw the shopping bags lying near the toilet door at her. “Wear something.”

Abhita wasn’t sure, how much time, she had been lying there, but when she got up, she wore another t-shirt and the skirt, was all battered, blood flowing from various parts of her body. She grabbed up her bags, cleaned herself with her torn t-shirt, and went outside.Across the street, two policemen were standing. She went up towards them, and one of them looked at her skirt, then at her face, and remarked. “Dhang ke kapde pehna karo.”[Wear proper clothes.]She ran away as fast as she could. The policemen made not effort to stop her or run behind her. She knew the area well. She straight away approached to the nearby hospital. She was exhausted and sick. She needed help. She entered the government hospital and was terrified by the rush of patients there. She approached the receptionist, who asked her to wait in line, she was about to persuade her about her case , when a lady in queue snapped her, and asked her curtly to wait , she approached a ward boy, who informed her that no doctor would be available as they all had gone for lunch. She went up to a nurse, who replied very sharply that she was busy.

Frustrated and tired she took an auto, to her flat in janakpuri. In the auto, she removed the pepper spray from her bag, which she had kept for her safety. Throwing it away, she suddenly realized the meaning of what had happened today. She had been raped, and life would never be the same again.