Kumar Rajesh, TNN | Apr 14, 2012, 01.40AM IST
BHAGALPUR: A woman, who was eight months pregnant, was stripped and assaulted brutally by a group of armed criminals at an obscure village under Amarpur block in Banka on Thursday night. The police arrested her former husband and father-in-law. They are still looking for the mukhiya, who is believed to be involved in the assault.
Rajni Devi was attacked in her house at a village near the English Mor Chowk-Banka-Amarpur Road in the presence of her husband, Gholti Sah. They stripped her and beat her up. Thereafter, they tied a rope around her neck and dragged her out of the house and hit her with sticks and rods repeatedly. One of those present at the scene of assault said they even hit her on her private parts. Before leaving, they also beat up her husband. Sah is a native of Nagaddi village under Phullidumar police station and a small-time farmer. He also does odd jobs for survival. Sah and Rajni were living in this house for the past two months.
Rajni is also a native of Nagaddi village and a distant relative of Sah. Some months back, they met and got married. But their union created a furore in their family and social circuit. They were forced to leave their house and take up rented accommodation elsewhere.
Locals said Rajni was earlier married to Munilal from Bishanpur-Beldiha village. Their conjugal life was not smooth as she could not bear a child. Later, she was made to marry her "dewar" (her husband's younger brother) Anuplal. This time she did become pregnant but Anuplal abandoned her. According to sources, Anuplal married another woman and Rajni was forced to return to her parents' place. Here, she came in contact with Gholti and married him.
Sah and Rajni were brought to the Amarpur primary health centre for treatment on Thursday night. The couple was later referred to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur, for further treatment. A case was lodged on the basis of their statement.
Banka SP Vikash Barman said Anuplal and his father Sukho Sah were arrested in the early hours of Friday. "It is most likely Anuplal and Sukho Sah hired the criminals to attack her," said Barman.
The police are looking for these criminals to arrest them, said the SP, adding that the police are also investigating the role of the mukhiya.
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Rajni Devi was attacked in her house at a village near the English Mor Chowk-Banka-Amarpur Road in the presence of her husband, Gholti Sah. They stripped her and beat her up. Thereafter, they tied a rope around her neck and dragged her out of the house and hit her with sticks and rods repeatedly. One of those present at the scene of assault said they even hit her on her private parts. Before leaving, they also beat up her husband. Sah is a native of Nagaddi village under Phullidumar police station and a small-time farmer. He also does odd jobs for survival. Sah and Rajni were living in this house for the past two months.
Rajni is also a native of Nagaddi village and a distant relative of Sah. Some months back, they met and got married. But their union created a furore in their family and social circuit. They were forced to leave their house and take up rented accommodation elsewhere.
Locals said Rajni was earlier married to Munilal from Bishanpur-Beldiha village. Their conjugal life was not smooth as she could not bear a child. Later, she was made to marry her "dewar" (her husband's younger brother) Anuplal. This time she did become pregnant but Anuplal abandoned her. According to sources, Anuplal married another woman and Rajni was forced to return to her parents' place. Here, she came in contact with Gholti and married him.
Sah and Rajni were brought to the Amarpur primary health centre for treatment on Thursday night. The couple was later referred to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur, for further treatment. A case was lodged on the basis of their statement.
Banka SP Vikash Barman said Anuplal and his father Sukho Sah were arrested in the early hours of Friday. "It is most likely Anuplal and Sukho Sah hired the criminals to attack her," said Barman.
The police are looking for these criminals to arrest them, said the SP, adding that the police are also investigating the role of the mukhiya.
Link: Pregnant woman stripped & assaulted in Banka
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