The 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gangraped in the Shakti Mills compound here on July 31 today deposed before a trial court and expressed her desire to get even with the accused who had beaten her up during the sexual assault.

"During her deposition today, the survivor told the court that the accused had assaulted her during the rape. She told the court that she wants to beat the accused," said special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.

However, the Principal Judge Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi told her that such request cannot be taken into consideration.

Nikam said the victim was weeping when she came to the court, following which the judge put a curtain between her and the accused and then she recorded her statement.

"She identified all the accused," Nikam said, adding her deposition will continue tomorrow as well.

Meanwhile, the mother of the victim also testified before the court.

Police had arrested Mohammed Ashfaq Sheikh, Mohamed Kasim Hafiz Sheikh alias Kasim Bangali, Salim Ansari, Vijay Jadhav for allegedly raping the telephone operator on July 31, and filed a charge sheet against them on October 8.

In another gang rape on the same premises, a 23-year-old photojournalist was allegedly sexually assaulted by five persons, including a juvenile whose trial is separated, when she had gone there along with her male colleague on an assignment.

Out of the five persons, Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali and Salim Ansari are also accused in the telephone operator gang rape case. Another accused is Siraj Rehman.

All the accused were charged with rape, conspiracy, common intention, unnatural sex and charges under Information Technology Act in this case.

The crime branch had on September 19 filed a 600-page chargesheet against the four accused.

Crime against women doubled in 5 yrs, increased 73% this yrs: SC told

Registered criminal offences committed against women in the national capital has increased by around 73 percent this year as compared to 2012, according to data submitted before the Supreme Court which also projected that number of such offences doubled during last five years.

The figure of offences against women till October 15 placed by the government on the direction of the apex court showed that so far 1,330 cases of rape have been registered this year.

The total number of registered offences against women which includes rape, molestation, eve teasing, dowry death, stands at 10,493 till October 15 in comparison to last year's figure of 6,064.

In 2009 the figure was 4,358 which increased to 4,542 in year 2010. It increased to 5,213 in 2011.

The data of 2013 shows that maximum number of cases was registered for kidnapping or abduction of women and it was followed by cases of molestation.

In comparison to last year, there has been increase of around 300 percent in cases of molestation and 88 percent in cases o+f rape.