A 20-year-old woman, charged in a murder case, has reported that five police officers gang-raped her for ten days in a dungeon in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district. He charged the police officers with the heinous crime before an additional district judge and a team of lawyers who had come to inspect the correctional house in Mangawan on October 10.
The young woman said that she was held in the cell and gang-raped by the Subdivisional Police Officer (SDOP), the police station in charge, and three other agents, who then intimidated her into keeping quiet. In addition, he added that a policewoman, who protested against the crime, was arrested by her elders, The times of India reported. The woman is now in the custody of the police.
After the explosive revelation, the judge ordered a judicial investigation into the matter and wrote to Rewa SP Rakesh Singh requesting action against the errant policemen. However, Singh denied receiving such a letter from the court.
The rape victim said that she was raped between May 9 and 21, however, the police say she was arrested on May 21, about five days after the murder occurred in the town.
“She is accused of murder,” Singh said. TOI when asked about the incident. “The woman and a friend were arrested on May 21 based on the details of the call, mobile location and other evidence. The weapon used in the crime was recovered from a septic tank in the presence of the villagers on May 21. His bloodstained clothes were also recovered. He underwent a medical examination as he was injured in the legs during the fight with the murder victim, ”he said.
The report added that the woman’s mobile location was about 20 km from the police station as of May 16.
When the inspection team asked the woman why she had not disclosed the incident earlier, she said that she had informed the prison director three months ago. Meanwhile, the warden admitted that he was informed about the gang rape, but “did not believe him.”
Attorney Satish Mishra, who was part of the October 10 inspection team, said: “As per Supreme Court orders, legal teams routinely visit female inmates in prison and submit reports. When we went on October 10, she said all of this in front of the four of us: additional district judge, officer from the district legal aid authority, and two attorneys, myself included. When we asked him why he hadn’t spoken before, he said that he had told the warden three months ago. “
“In addition, she mentioned that there were police officers in jail when the incident occurred, that’s why she was scared. He said that the accused policemen had threatened to implicate his father in the murder case if they talked about it, ”added Mishra.
Meanwhile, the president of the Rewa district bar association, Rajendra Pandey, was quoted in the report, saying: “His statement was recorded by an additional district judge and presented to the chief judicial magistrate, who then presented it to the judge. district. On October 14, the judge ordered a judicial investigation and wrote to the SP ”.
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