A woman was allegedly raped and robbed by holding her husband captive at the railway coach factory area under Bajaria police station area on Sunday.
According to the police, at around 8 pm the victim was on her way to home at Shankar Nagar along with her husband and when they reached near coach factory, four miscreants obstructed their way and robbed the woman. When the husband intervened to save his wife, he was roughed up by the miscreants.
The miscreants looted a mobile phone and cash from the victim but one of the miscreants was not willing to leave the couple go easily and later, the victim was raped by the miscreant.
After the incident, when the duo went to lodge a complaint with the Bajaria police, the police were not willing to file a complaint, which enraged the victim’s husband and locals. After some time, they created ruckus at the police station premises. Sensing the situation might go out of control, the police registered a case of rape and robbery. On Thursday senior police officials visited the spot of crime and have instructed the investigating officers to accelerate
the investigation.
During the investigation, the police have detained six persons in connection with rape and robbery case. The police have registered a case under section 376 and 395 of the IPC. later in the evening, SP (North) Arvind Saxena suspended Bajaria police station SHO Anil Kumar Verma for negligence in registering FIR in the incident. He also announced a reward of Rs 10,000 for the information leading to the arrest of the accused.