Beaten by policewomen, says U.P. rape victim
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Woman alleges assault inside police station.
A gang rape victim in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday accused two girl constables of the Ayodhya police of assaulting her inside a police station when she went to report her assertion.
The girl alleged that not solely did the police personnel refuse to imagine her, in addition they beat her with their boots, hit her with belts and pressured to vary her model.
A probe was launched and two girl constables — Shikha and Neetu — have been suspended, mentioned Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ayodhya, Shailendra Kumar Singh.
The girl from Maharajganj police station space of Ayodhya alleged that she was raped by two males, recognized as Vishal and Mahendra, when she stepped out to reply nature’s name. Talking to native media, the girl alleged that two ladies constables questioned the credibility of her allegations and beat her.
“I was answering all the questions asked by Ma’am [the constable], but she did not believe me,” mentioned the girl. She additionally alleged that the policewomen requested her to take off her garments. “But I didn’t. I only took off my jacket,” she mentioned.
Mr. Singh mentioned that an FIR had been registered within the case on November 16. The two males named by the victim have been arrested and despatched to jail, he added.
While a probe has been ordered beneath a gazetted officer, Mr. Singh mentioned the victim didn’t point out the alleged ordeal confronted by her on the police station in her assertion recorded beneath Section 164 of the CrPc.
Sufficient police pressure have been deployed on the victim’s home for safety, mentioned the officer.
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