Kabita Chowdhury, TNN | Sep 10, 2012, 05.31AM IST
BERHAMPORE: A juvenile justice official, who was supposed to provide justice and protect a rape victim, turned the tormentor. Malay Shankar Aich, district juvenile probation officer, was arrested on Sunday after the 14-year-old girl complained of sexual harassment against him.
The Class-VIII student from Choan village under Hariharpara police station was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old about a month ago. Since both the victim and the accused are minors, the district juvenile justice board was asked to probe the matter. Aich, in his fifties, was entrusted with the job.
Aich had visited the girl's place quite a few times in the past two weeks on the pretext of probing the case. Sources said that every time he had asked all the members of the girl's family to go out of the house, except the victim. "Pretending to be sympathetic to the girl, he would try his tricks and prowl on the girl. As gullible villagers, the girl and her family members initially thought that this was a way of probing the case," said sources. The accused had also called the girl to his office several times and allegedly molested her there.
After undergoing the trauma several times, the girl realized that Aich was taking advantage of the situation. During the probe on Friday, Aich had sent everyone out of the house. This time, the girl didn't give in and refused to go inside the room where the official was sitting. When the girl refused to meet Aich in the room, he left the house and allegedly threatened to turn the case against her.
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The Class-VIII student from Choan village under Hariharpara police station was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old about a month ago. Since both the victim and the accused are minors, the district juvenile justice board was asked to probe the matter. Aich, in his fifties, was entrusted with the job.
Aich had visited the girl's place quite a few times in the past two weeks on the pretext of probing the case. Sources said that every time he had asked all the members of the girl's family to go out of the house, except the victim. "Pretending to be sympathetic to the girl, he would try his tricks and prowl on the girl. As gullible villagers, the girl and her family members initially thought that this was a way of probing the case," said sources. The accused had also called the girl to his office several times and allegedly molested her there.
After undergoing the trauma several times, the girl realized that Aich was taking advantage of the situation. During the probe on Friday, Aich had sent everyone out of the house. This time, the girl didn't give in and refused to go inside the room where the official was sitting. When the girl refused to meet Aich in the room, he left the house and allegedly threatened to turn the case against her.
Link: Rape victim molested by official during probe
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