TNN | Feb 7, 2013, 02.34 AM IST
TIRUPATI: One constable was arrested and three other policemen including a sub-inspector were suspended on Wednesday over the alleged rape of a teenaged Dalit girl at SR Puram police station, near the temple town.
While constable Gopi was remanded in judicial custody after being arrested and produced in a local court in Puttur, sub-inspector Ravi Naik, ASI Rajendra and constable Ramana were suspended for 'negligence of duty. "A high-level investigation by additional SP Annapurna is being conducted into the incident. The chargesheet will be filed after the complete medical reports are out" Chittoor rural SP Krantirana Tata told TOI. The girl has been admitted to Chittoor Government Hospital.
On Tuesday, a local Dalit leader filed a petition before the police stating that the girl was brought from a nearby village to the police station on February 2 for questioning in an elopement case. She was detained in the station that night. When her parents came to the police station the next day, the girl told them she was sexually assaulted by the constable, he said. The girl also alleged that police had refused to register a case when the girl's parents want to lodge a complaint and directly approached SP on Tuesday with the help of local leaders.
Meanwhile, the state human rights commission (SHRC) on Wednesday ordered the Chittoor SP to submit a report on the incident before March 4 following a petition filed by a child rights activist.
Link: Cop arrested over girl's rape
While constable Gopi was remanded in judicial custody after being arrested and produced in a local court in Puttur, sub-inspector Ravi Naik, ASI Rajendra and constable Ramana were suspended for 'negligence of duty. "A high-level investigation by additional SP Annapurna is being conducted into the incident. The chargesheet will be filed after the complete medical reports are out" Chittoor rural SP Krantirana Tata told TOI. The girl has been admitted to Chittoor Government Hospital.
On Tuesday, a local Dalit leader filed a petition before the police stating that the girl was brought from a nearby village to the police station on February 2 for questioning in an elopement case. She was detained in the station that night. When her parents came to the police station the next day, the girl told them she was sexually assaulted by the constable, he said. The girl also alleged that police had refused to register a case when the girl's parents want to lodge a complaint and directly approached SP on Tuesday with the help of local leaders.
Meanwhile, the state human rights commission (SHRC) on Wednesday ordered the Chittoor SP to submit a report on the incident before March 4 following a petition filed by a child rights activist.
Link: Cop arrested over girl's rape
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