TEENGER CHARGES HARYANA SHO WITH RAPE
Dated : 22 Feb 2009, 0449 hrs IST,
Source : Deepender Deswal, TNN
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In what would turn Haryana's men in khaki scarlet in embarrassment, a teenager has alleged she was raped twice by an SHO, Sadhu Ram, at a police station recently. The girl, a resident of Mahendergarh, accused the cop of violating her when she was at Mahendergarh Sadar police station upon being rescued after an alleged abduction and rape by three unidentified men earlier. The 'victim' also claimed Sadhu Ram had warned her against reporting the matter.
According to the girl's father, Narayan Singh, two unidentified youths abducted her on February 9 and took her away in a car when she had gone to the market with her sister. He claimed at having lodged a complaint with Mahendergarh Sadar police station about her kidnapping.
On late February 13, cops reportedly informed Narayan Singh that the girl had been found at railway station. However, when they reached the police station, the parents of 'victim' were told she would have to stay for a medical examination and that they could take her home the next day.
On February 18 - four days after she was located - the girl reportedly told her parents she had been raped twice by SHO Sadhu Ram during the night of February 13, and that she could not disclose this in front of the court on February 14 because the cop had allegedly threatened her of dire consequences.
Police sources told TOI prima facie it seemed the girl was concealing facts and trying to falsely implicate the SHO. "Acting on her statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC, the girl was taken to an undisclosed location by three abductors and repeatedly raped for three days. Later, she said they dumped her at Gurgaon, from where she reached Mahendergarh on her own," DSP (Hq) Mahendergarh Ram Ratan told TOI.
The DSP added, "Her medical examination has confirmed rape and we have registered a case under Sections 376 (rape) 364 and 364 (kidnapping). The girl has not disclosed kidnappers' names. Four days after she was united with her family, she levelled charges against an SHO."
He, however, said Sadhu Ram had been transferred to police lines and an inquiry has been initiated in the matter. "We will take appropriate action if the charges are substantiated. However, in case the accusations turn out to be false, we can book the girl too. So far, no FIR has been registered on her charges," the cop said.
