After teen’s rape, BSF personnel deployed in park in Delhi’s diplomatic enclave

Twenty-two Border Security Force personnel were deployed at Nehru Park in the national capital’s diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri on Thursday, three days after a 17-year-old girl was gangraped at a park in Southeast Delhi, the Hindustan Times reported.

The Nehru Park area has several embassies and diplomatic missions.

The BSF teams began patrolling the park at 4 pm and were ordered to remain there until 10 pm, the newspaper quoted an unidentified official as saying. Police officers were also patrolling the park.

“This park gets many visitors, especially foreigners,” the official was quoted as saying. “You can always see vehicles of different embassy officials at two parking lots. If anything happens here, it will be all over the news.”

The park has at least 11 entry gates but only five private male security guards and one female guard, the newspaper reported.

The BSF is primarily responsible for guarding India’s borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is also deployed for internal security in anti-terror operations.

The deployment came a day after the Delhi Development Authority restricted entry to its parks after sunset as part of new safety measures.

The measures also included increased security during evening hours and the installation of surveillance cameras at entry gates. The authority officials also said that a safety audit of all its parks would...

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