Family members of the accused who gangraped a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus wept and expressed disgust over the involvement of their kin. However, the locals of their residential area are glad they have been arrested as their “children will no more grow up in the company of these men.”
Remorseful mother Champa Devi of Vinay Sharma, an accused, wiped her tears while she said, “Give my son a death penalty!” She further said that in case her son is not hanged, he should be made impotent so that he remember his offence lifetime. Two teenaged sisters and a brother of Sharma refused to see their brother again. Vinay’s shattered sister said in a sinking tone, “I broke all my blood relations with Vinay.”
Vinay worked as an assistant gym trainer in the Siri Fort area and aspired to have a body like Salman Khan.
His mother has refused to cook for the family and intends to punish her and others in the family for being a blood-relative of him.
Ram Singh and Mukesh resided in R.K. Puram’s Sector-3 since the last two decades. Ram Singh’s neighbour Shanti, said that many a times, her young daughter complained to her about the foul language of Ram and Mukesh. Ram was a widower. His wife died four years ago due to health issues.
The mother of fruit seller Pawan Gupta (18) demanded punishment for her guilty son. “It will give a lesson to other rapist as well who take girl’s for granted.”
His aggressive mother claimed to have asked her 9-year-old son to swear by her and promise to respect women, be it his mother, sister, wife or a stranger.