May 20, 2012, 03.16AM IST
KOLKATA: A woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour, a paying guest, at least 15 days ago. On Saturday, she mustered courage and told her husband about the incident, following which a complaint was lodged at Shyampukur police station. While the accused, Sushovan Kundu, is absconding, police have interrogated two of his roommates.
The woman, in her late 20s, stays with her husband at a rented apartment in the Shyampukur police station area. On Saturday, the victim's husband saw that their neighbour was forcing her to go somewhere. When he intervened, the woman broke into tears and told her husband that she was sexually assaulted by the youth and he had been pestering her.
The woman said that few days ago in the afternoon, she had gone to the terrace of the building to hang wet clothes. It was then that Kundu reportedly gagged her, forcibly took her to his room and raped her.
The accused also filmed her in compromising positions and threatened to release the footage on the internet if she dared to lodge a police complaint against him, the woman alleged.
It was because of this threat that the woman kept quiet. Neither did she lodge a complaint nor did she tell her husband, though it had been a fortnight since the incident occurred.
Meanwhile, Kundu reportedly kept pressing her to oblige him with sexual favours. If she refused, he would release the footage, he threatened. The woman, however, resisted his advances on various pretexts.
But on Saturday, Kundu seemed determined and went on pestering the victim to give in to his demands.
Police said they have already seized some clothes of the woman, though it is too late to prove therape. They have also started gathering circumstantial evidence.
"We have already detained the roommates of the youth. We have got some hint of torture perpetrated on her. We are hopeful of gathering more witnesses against the crime," said a senior police officer investigating the incident.
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The woman, in her late 20s, stays with her husband at a rented apartment in the Shyampukur police station area. On Saturday, the victim's husband saw that their neighbour was forcing her to go somewhere. When he intervened, the woman broke into tears and told her husband that she was sexually assaulted by the youth and he had been pestering her.
The woman said that few days ago in the afternoon, she had gone to the terrace of the building to hang wet clothes. It was then that Kundu reportedly gagged her, forcibly took her to his room and raped her.
The accused also filmed her in compromising positions and threatened to release the footage on the internet if she dared to lodge a police complaint against him, the woman alleged.
It was because of this threat that the woman kept quiet. Neither did she lodge a complaint nor did she tell her husband, though it had been a fortnight since the incident occurred.
Meanwhile, Kundu reportedly kept pressing her to oblige him with sexual favours. If she refused, he would release the footage, he threatened. The woman, however, resisted his advances on various pretexts.
But on Saturday, Kundu seemed determined and went on pestering the victim to give in to his demands.
Police said they have already seized some clothes of the woman, though it is too late to prove therape. They have also started gathering circumstantial evidence.
"We have already detained the roommates of the youth. We have got some hint of torture perpetrated on her. We are hopeful of gathering more witnesses against the crime," said a senior police officer investigating the incident.
Link: Woman 'raped' by neighbour in Kolkata
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