1 convicted of Dhaula Kuan rape

New Delhi: Justice, though partially, has finally been done to a 20-year-old Mizoram girl who was abducted and raped by four men in a moving vehicle in 2005.

A Delhi court on Tuesday found Ajit Singh Katiyar, a taxi driver, guilty of abducting and raping the DU student. The Delhi police could arrest only one of the four accused; the remaining three have been declared offenders. The quantum of punishment will be announced on December 10.

The incident at Dhaula Kuan early on May 8, 2005, had shaken the Capital. The girl and her friend were returning after buying eateries when she was abducted. The girl was raped for hours before being dumped near a gurudwara. This was one of the first incidents of young girls being abducted and raped in moving vehicles. Delhi registered over 600 such cases in 2005.

The Delhi police nabbed Katiyar almost five days after the incident. The victim identified him during an identification parade in Tihar Jail.Katiyar's lawyer Manoj Sharma said he will challenge the judgment in high court.