Hostage crisis aftershock: Model, family live in terror

  • | Sunday | 22nd July, 2018

Police, court and media are doing their job, but what about the security of my family, she asked. The room where the hostage crisis played out has not been cleaned. I felt terrified as I feared he is an accomplice of Rohit,” she said, adding that the incident has shattered the family. The parents, who had never seen a police station or courtroom before this, are living in terror. Recalling his arrest in February this year for threatening the family, the survivor’s mother said: “That time, someone calling herself his sister pleaded with us to spare him.

Bhopal: An eerie silence grips you in the fifth-floor flat that was the scene of so much agony and turmoil only a week ago when a crazed stalker took a model hostage at gunpoint, stabbed her in the neck and let her bleed for 12 hours as he played games with police.The survivor still carries stitches and bruises from her ordeal, but is determined not to give in. Giving details of the ‘longest day’ for the first time, she told TOI on Saturday that the hostage-taker, Rohit Singh, kept beating her brutally all through the 12-hour crisis and would hiss in her ears that she wouldn’t get out of the room alive. Showing a bite mark on her arm, she said: “After resisting a few times, I realized it was better to play submissive. I was bleeding from the neck wound and feared I would bleed to death.”“But I am alive. I am strong and I will not let this kill my dreams. He only wanted cheap popularity. He was insisting that he would open the door only if a Bollywood celebrity comes,” she added.Her parents, however, are still shaken. The room where the hostage crisis played out has not been cleaned. Every knock on the door sends shivers down their spines. The parents, who had never seen a police station or courtroom before this, are living in terror. “We saw such things only in movies. Now, I feel terrified simply walking through the parking lot. Every now and then, it feels as if Rohit is hiding behind a car and will pounce on me,” said her mother.Rohit is now in jail custody and her parents have sought police protection, fearing that he will come after them once he is released. Recalling his arrest in February this year for threatening the family, the survivor’s mother said: “That time, someone calling herself his sister pleaded with us to spare him. Look, he came back with more dangerous intentions.”They fear every stranger, say the parents. “Yesterday, I went to court to record my statement. When I was waiting outside the court, a man kept glaring at me. I felt terrified as I feared he is an accomplice of Rohit,” she said, adding that the incident has shattered the family. “I was trying to find a match for my son, who works in Mumbai but now have forgotten about that. My younger daughter was planning to take admission in MBA but she has almost cancelled the plan,” she said.The survivor’s father said, “It has changed our lives. Many of our friends and relatives look at us differently now. We will have to try harder for the marriage of our children. My hands shake when I write something. What is the guarantee that Rohit will not come after us again? He should be jailed for life.”What hurts the survivor more than the bruises on her body is the reaction of people around her. “People think that I became a victim because I was into modelling in Mumbai,” she said. Police, court and media are doing their job, but what about the security of my family, she asked. “Will anyone tell us how he entered my flat? How can we stop him from breaking in again?” she said.

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