Dowry accused gangraped by Bhopal cops in custody
BHOPAL: A 45-year-old woman, arrested on charges of dowry harassment,
was allegedly gangraped by four cops inside a police station in Betul
district, about 250 km from Bhopal.
Police said on Friday that the woman, from Jamwada villge, was
arrested and produced before a local court after her daughter-in-law
pressed dowry harassment charges against her on Tuesday. When the
court refused to grant her bail, she was taken back to the Amla police
station and in the same night, four policemen, including a head
constable, allegedly raped her.
DIG BB Sharma, who is leading the probe into the incident, told TOI
the inspector of the Amla police station was suspended and an FIR was
lodged against the four accused policemen, who were on duty that
night. But none of the accused was arrested till Friday evening. "We
are investigating the case. Action will be taken once we complete the
probe. The woman was sent for medical examination,'' Sharma said.
The daughter-in-law complained of dowry harassment in the last week of
May. Following the complaint, the woman was arrested on June 2 and was
produced in the court on the same day. On June 3, she was transferred
to the district jail where she told jail superintendent M S Baig that
she had been gang-raped by four policemen inside the Amla police
station. She lodged a written complaint to the jail authorities on
Wednesday evening after which the district police superintendent was
informed. A team of doctors conducted a medical examination of the
woman inside the jail.
The accused policemen, however, denied the rape charge, saying the
woman was levelling the charges to divert attention from the dowry
harassment case.
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