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nIndians will never forgetnthe name NIRBHAYA. Though, this is just a pseudo name which was supposed tonhide the identity of that brave girl. This name created a sort of ripple in thenmind of youngsters. It created an environment where youngsters – both male andnfemale – come out on the street to demand gender equality and security fornwomen. Four rapists have now been hanged. One had committed suicide. And, the last one is running a tailor shop in Indore.
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nNirbhaya is no more. But,nher boyfriend is still in this world. As you might know, she was not alone innthe bus when the brutal incident happened. She was traveling with hernboyfriend. No one knows the exact sequence of events. I have seen many peoplenresenting against Nirbhaya boyfriend. They think that the man did little tonsave his love.
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nNirbhaya is no more. But,nher boyfriend is still in this world. As you might know, she was not alone innthe bus when the brutal incident happened. She was traveling with hernboyfriend. No one knows the exact sequence of events. I have seen many peoplenresenting against Nirbhaya boyfriend. They think that the man did little tonsave his love.
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nHe was also injured. He couldn’t resist against the group of rapists.nThat was a real life situation, not a film setting.
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nName and Profile of Nirbhayanboyfriend
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nThe name of Nirbhayanboyfriend is Awindra Pandey. He also belongs to the same district, Balia (UP)nfrom where Nirbhaya was. Like Nirbhaya, he is also a Bhumihar by caste.nThough, the parents of Nirbhaya were not aware of this relationship.
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nIt was Awindra Pandey whonasked Nirbhaya to come to the Select City Walk to watch a movie. After movie,nwhen no autowallas got ready to take Nirbhaya to Palam, they decided to boardnthe bus. That was the biggest mistake Awindra did. He should have tried a littlenmore for auto. He should have dialed 100, if an autowalla refused to take themnto Palam.
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nHowever, the biggest mistakenof Awindra Pandey was to blame Delhi Police. If we go by the official record,nthe Control Room vehicle reached the spot within 10 minutes of the incident. Itnis not their fault if the people were standing there and no one offered even anshawl to the naked couple (in the month of December). Further, Delhi Policenscanned all CCTV cameras in the route and tracked a white bus. There werenaround 1600 white buses running on the Delhi road. They did investigation withnall those buses and zeroed in the bus where crime happened within 12 hours.nThis was not a small achievement. And, they arrested all culprits within 24nhours. They made the case so water tight that the court gave them capitalnpunishment.
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nAjit Anjum, a senior journalist, has recently come out with a startling revelation. He shared an anecdote on Twitter and blamed Awindra Pandey of taking money for giving interviews. Awindra has not refuted the allegation.
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nThe video is already in the archive of NEWS 24. It is sickening to note that the boyfriend of Nirbhaya, was taking money to give interviews.
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