Case registered against three police constables for raping a woman

Jaipur: Three police constables have been booked for raping an 18-year-old woman for over a year in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, officials said on Sunday.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Anand Sharma told PTI that the woman gave him a complaint against three policemen on Saturday evening. She also claimed that the accused threatened to implicate her brother in a false case if she reported the matter, the officer said.

Officials said the policemen have been recalled from their posting locations and attached to the police lines. A case has been registered at Reni police station under sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 376-D (gang rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, he said.

One of the accused was posted at Raini police station, one at Rajgarh Circle Officer office and the other at Malakheda police station. Raini Police Station comes under Rajgarh Circle.

In her complaint, she said she was raped for more than a year, the SP said. The victim had come to the SP office with her mother.

On invoking provisions of the POCSO Act against the accused, Sharma said that when she was raped for the first time in November last year, she was a minor.

He said that after receiving the complaint, it was immediately sent to Raini police station and an FIR was registered on Saturday night.

“After the FIR was registered, the three constables were sent to the police lines so that the investigation of the case is not affected,” the SP said. He said no arrests have been made yet.