TNN | Mar 31, 2012, 03.46AM IST
JHANSI/LUCKNOW: A middle-aged housewife has been allegedly raped by a policeman inside a police station compound in Jhansi district. The incident took place on Tuesday and the victim reached the Garaotha police station the next day to file a complaint but to no avail. It was only after the victim approached Jhansi SSP Satish Ganesh that an FIR was lodged in the case.
In the backdrop of the alleged rape is a case of burglary that took place at the government accommodation of the accused cop two months ago. Investigations into the burglary case had led the cops to the house of the rape victim from where the cop's stolen clothes and some other household goods were recovered. Later, the rape victim reportedly repaid Rs 18,000 that was also stolen in the incident.
In the police records, the rape victim's son was named as the accused but he could not be arrested as he has been untraceable since. It was on the pretext of helping the housewife get her son out of the burglary case that the accused cop met her on March 24, 2012, and invited her to his residential quarter. The victim reached the house of the accused on March 27 when the accused allegedly raped her.
The rape victim had reportedly told police that she had visited the accused cop a few times before as well. About the sequence of events before and after the alleged rape, the victim told the police that she had gone to offer prayers at Anjani Mata Temple in Garaotha area on March 24. While she was on her way back, the accused cop, Ram Pratap Misra, asked the victim to come over to his quarter situated within the compound of the Garaotha police station.
The rape victim said she called up the cop on his cellphone on Tuesday evening to find out if he was there and reached his quarter around 10pm where she was raped. The victim allegedly reached the police station immediately to lodge an FIR but was shown the door.
Ganesh told TOI a case had been registered on the basis of the complaint. "Action will follow if the constable is found guilty. As a precautionary measure, the constable has been removed from his post and attached to the police lines. The case is being investigated by a DySP rank officer to ensure that the objectivity of the investigation is maintained properly," the SSP said.
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In the backdrop of the alleged rape is a case of burglary that took place at the government accommodation of the accused cop two months ago. Investigations into the burglary case had led the cops to the house of the rape victim from where the cop's stolen clothes and some other household goods were recovered. Later, the rape victim reportedly repaid Rs 18,000 that was also stolen in the incident.
In the police records, the rape victim's son was named as the accused but he could not be arrested as he has been untraceable since. It was on the pretext of helping the housewife get her son out of the burglary case that the accused cop met her on March 24, 2012, and invited her to his residential quarter. The victim reached the house of the accused on March 27 when the accused allegedly raped her.
The rape victim had reportedly told police that she had visited the accused cop a few times before as well. About the sequence of events before and after the alleged rape, the victim told the police that she had gone to offer prayers at Anjani Mata Temple in Garaotha area on March 24. While she was on her way back, the accused cop, Ram Pratap Misra, asked the victim to come over to his quarter situated within the compound of the Garaotha police station.
The rape victim said she called up the cop on his cellphone on Tuesday evening to find out if he was there and reached his quarter around 10pm where she was raped. The victim allegedly reached the police station immediately to lodge an FIR but was shown the door.
Ganesh told TOI a case had been registered on the basis of the complaint. "Action will follow if the constable is found guilty. As a precautionary measure, the constable has been removed from his post and attached to the police lines. The case is being investigated by a DySP rank officer to ensure that the objectivity of the investigation is maintained properly," the SSP said.
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