Approached For Protection, Woman Raped Inside Jharkhand Police Station; 3 Cops Including SI Held
Ranchi, Jharkhand: Three police officers including an Sub-Inspector was arrested on Sunday after they allegedly rapping a woman inside a police station. The incident occurred on October 29 when the woman had reached the police station seeking protection from her husband.
In her complaint, the woman said she had an altercation with her husband on Thursday evening and left home, fearing that she would be beaten up. The police allegedly rapped the woman inside the station, instead of giving protection.
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Following the incident, Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Swargiary ordered a special investigation team (SIT) probe into the issue, suspended Gamharia Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Inspector Sanjay Prasad, sub-inspectors Manoj Sahu and Anirudh Singh, Havildar Muneshwar Kumar and constable Santosh Rai for dereliction of duty.
Based on the SIT report submitted on Saturday, the SP ordered the arrest of suspended sub-inspector Manoj Sahu and constable Santosh Rai.
