Punish My Rapist

'Aapko limit me rehna chahiye' This is what the officer said while I was giving my statement...

It started 6 months ago when I received a 'Hey' on Instagram from Heetik Shah. I found a friend in him & we decided to meet.

It was 13th Jan 2024, we went to his friend's club in Mumbai. There I met his friends. But what felt odd was that he didn't introduce us. We had a drink & went to another of his friend's club.

There, I remember not feeling very well. I asked for water, but he forced me to have more drinks. A few mins later, I blacked out...

I woke up at 5 AM & felt something inside me...I could see him on me, trying to rape me. He said, 'You wouldn't mind having sex with me if I was your boyfriend. So, let's get done with this. I screamed, 'No' & pushed him away, but he slapped me & forced himself back on me. I had bruises all over my hand & my lips were bleeding. His friends came in & 1 said, 'You don't know who my Dad iS.'

I went home. Few hours later, he messaged, 'Sorry, it happened in the heat of the moment' Was it so easy? To ruin a person's life & say sorry?

The next day, I told Maa. She said, 'Do what feels right!

So, I went to the Police Station, where the officer blamed me for it. Every day I was called to the police station or sent to the hospital to run tests. They tried arresting him, but he fled. So, they took his friend's statement who said, 'It was consensual Then the officer said,

'They did you a favor by taking you home.' I filed a plea & got my officer changed.

2 weeks later, a hearing was held. I was at the hospital so l couldn't be there.

Statements like, 'I was asking for it' were said & without hearing my story, he got his interim protection.

So, I wrote about the incident online. So many girls said,

'He's done the same to me!

People even said, 'You shouldn't have drank! But he should have just listened to our 'NO' & stopped. I spoke to him out of my choice, I drank out of my choice, but he raped me, 'in the heat of the moment, out of his choice!

There is another bail hearing on the 6th of Feb. If the hearing doesn't go in my favor, the culprits will be free. I need everyone's support...so this time my 'NO' roars louder than any other noise!"

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