Aastha Kunj gang rape area was already a Delhi Police ‘dark spot’; but lighting gaps remained

The stretch around Aastha Kunj Park where a 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped had already figured in Delhi Police’s dark-spot surveys, which are meant to identify poorly lit areas. Yet the lighting gaps remained when the alleged assault took place on Monday (September 21, 2026) evening.

The park and its surrounding stretches are among the areas where police have flagged inadequate illumination to civic agencies. The surveys are conducted regularly, with police identifying stretches where there is little or no lighting despite regular movement and writing to the agency concerned for repairs or installation of streetlights.