Blind student in Delhi threatened & robbed, Delhi Police slammed for failure to respond<https://newzhook.com/story/blind-student-in-delhi-threatened-robbed- delhi-police-slammed-for-failure-to-respond>
A blind student was robbed of his admission fees and threatened by a group of people at a prominent Delhi Metro station. Even worse was the apathy of the Delhi Police. He was made to run around between four police stations before a complaint was finally registered. A late blind person, Rahul Singh was traveling by train last week from his home outside Delhi to the Delhi University (DU)campus to pay his admission fees at the School of Open Learning. Midway through the journey came an announcement that the train route was being diverted. Rahul had to get off at a railway station he was unfamiliar with and when he was offered help by a group of people, he was more than happy to accept it. What unfolded next was scary and horrifying. While not surprising given Delhi's reputation as an unsafe city, imagine how much worse it would be for someone who is visually impaired. Read on <https://newzhook.com/story/blind-student-in-delhi-threatened-robbed-delhi-p olice-slammed-for-failure-to-respond> Warm Regards Ramya Venkitesh Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
