Police officer raped on her way home to celebrate Karva Chauth, accused arrested

Police launched a search operation and arrested the accused within hours. (Representational)

Kanpur:

A female police officer who was returning home to celebrate Karwa Chauth was allegedly raped here by her neighbor after being offered a lift, officials said on Monday.

The accused was known to the woman and was arrested, they said.

The incident took place on Saturday when the accused took the policewoman to an isolated area after giving her a lift on his motorcycle in the Sen-Paschim Para region, they said.

“The head constable, attached to the Reserve Police Lines in Ayodhya, came to Kanpur on Saturday night to celebrate the festival of ‘Karwa Chauth’. She was on her way to her village when she accepted a lift from her neighbor, Dharmendra Paswan, on his bike,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Harish Chander.

“Instead of leaving her to her fate, Paswan allegedly took the woman to an isolated field and raped her,” Chander added.

Ghatampur Assistant Commissioner of Police Ranjeet Kumar said the woman raised an alarm when Paswan tried to undress her but there was no one around to help.

“The victim bit off part of the accused’s finger after the attack and somehow managed to escape,” he said.

The woman then approached a nearby police station and narrated the incident, leading to the prompt registration of an FIR, the officer said.

“Police launched a search operation and arrested the accused within hours,” ACP Kumar added.

The case was registered at Sen-Paschim Pará police station under sections 64 (rape), 76 (criminal force on woman with intent to undress), 115(2) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 117 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 351 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The accused was produced before a court here and sent to judicial custody for 14 days, police said.

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