Alleged rape of Dalit woman in Mainpuri, taken to a secluded place on the pretext of loan and committed the crime.
Mainpuri: A 40-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint in front of her four-year-old son in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district. The accused, who belongs to another caste, took advantage of the woman’s family’s financial crunch to lure her for a loan of Rs 20,000 and sexually abused her when she went with him to collect the loan, police said on Tuesday.
According to the victim’s complaint lodged on Monday, the incident took place on April 17. While returning home after getting her son’s haircut, she met the accused near a bridge. The accused offered a loan and convinced her to take a ride on his motorcycle. Trusting him, she sat on the motorcycle with her son. However, the accused took her to a secluded place, where he raped her and threatened to shoot her child if she resisted.
Station House Officer (SHO) Anuj Kumar said an FIR was registered against the accused, who hails from the same village, under the rape section of the Indian Justice Code (BNS) and provisions of the SC/ST Act. The victim has undergone a medical examination and police are searching for the accused, who runs a construction material shop in the village and knew the victim and her husband. “The accused will be arrested soon and the investigation is on,” Kumar said.
The victim initially kept quiet out of fear. But repeated phone calls from the accused prompted her to muster courage and narrate the incident to her husband, who took her to the police station and lodged a complaint. “This man raped my wife. I want strict action against him so that he does not commit such a crime again,” the victim’s husband said.
Courtesy : Hindi News