SHO Shravan Pathak allegedly refused to register the 19-year-old rape survivor’s complaint forcing her to approach SP Devendra Bishnoi.
Police have now registered a case of kidnap and rape against unknown assailants and a DSP-rank officer has been assigned the task of investigating the case.
According to the complaint, the girl met Pathak on Friday, a day after she was allegedly kidnapped and raped. “The girl alleged that the SHO was unwilling to register a case. She met me and narrated her plight,” said Bishnoi. TNN
Case has now been registered, proper probe will be done: SP
“I ordered an FIR based on her complaint and also assigned the task of investigating the case to a DSP,” Bishnoi added. “The case has now been registered and proper investigation will be done,” Bishnoi added.
Police will record the 164 CrPC statement of the girl and will also take her for medical examination. The girl said she was returning from college on November 29 when two persons identified as Himmat and Bhagwan forcibly put her on a motorbike and took her to an isolated place. “The girl said a piece of cotton was forced into her mouth and she was gangraped by the duo,” said a senior officer.
Initially, the family of the girl approached Ucchain police station on Thursday, but after failing to get any response, they approached the SP and got the FIR registered.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
