5 cops suspended, 14 others despatched to police line for ‘negligence’ in rape and homicide case in opposition to BJP chief | Lucknow Information
MAHARAJGANJ(UP): 5 policemen, together with a sub-inspector, had been suspended and 14 others have been despatched to the police line in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj for negligence in a rape and homicide case in opposition to an area BJP chief, an official stated on Sunday.
The motion got here after accused BJP chief Masoom Raza Rahi, the district president of the BJP’s minority morcha, went absconding.
Superintendent of Police Dr Kaustubh stated that police outpost in-charge Sadar Praveen Singh, constables Abid Ali, Akhilesh Yadav, Akhilesh Chaudhary and Priyanka Singh have been suspended for alleged negligence and mishandling the case.
He added that 14 policemen, together with the SHO, have been despatched to the police line for a similar.
A case was lodged on September 5 in opposition to Rahi for the alleged rape of a 17-year-old Dalit woman and killing of her father. The accused was detained following the FIR.
Nevertheless, he was allowed to go after the sufferer retracted the rape allegations in her statements earlier than a Justice of the Peace on September 6.
The SP stated that Rahi has been absconding since September 7 though the case in opposition to him, which additionally features a homicide cost, continues to be below investigation.
He added that police have fashioned a group to arrest the accused and investigations into the matter are underway.
In her criticism to police, the woman alleged that the BJP chief raped her on August 28 and when her father, Raju, protested on seeing the incident, the accused thrashed him, grievously injuring him. The daddy of the woman subsequently died throughout remedy.
The complainant stated that after her mom’s dying, she lived in Rahi’s home as a tenant alongside together with her father, three sisters and a youthful brother.
Based mostly on her criticism, an FIR below sections 376 (rape), 302 (homicide), 354 (assault or legal power to lady with intent to outrage her modesty), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for damage, assault or wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily inflicting damage), 504 (insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 506 (legal intimidation) of the IPC in addition to below the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered in opposition to the BJP chief.
(With PTI inputs)
