A 32-year-old married woman was sexually exploited by her husband’s friend at Kokta under Bilkharia police station area; a case of sexual assault was registered on Sunday.
According to the police, the victim was sexually assaulted by the accused Chandrashekar Baghel, who was her husband’s friend.
In her complaint the victim told the police that her husband is serving jail for the past one and a half year for fraud and when her husband was nabbed by the police Chandrashekar Baghel who was her husband’s friend helped her in the documentation related to her husband’s bail and release but later took advantage of the situation and raped her and threatened her of life and told her not to report the incident to the her husband and police.
Initially the victim kept mum but later she mustered courage and reported the incident to her husband who told her to lodge a complaint against the accused.
The police have registered a case under section 376 and 506 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Victim’s husband was booked for fraudulently selling land and is under judicial custody at Bhopal jail. The victim lives at Transport Nagar in Kokta along with her children. Chandrashekar was acquainted with victim’s husband and used to visit her house.
After the complaint was lodged the accused went absconding and is still absconding. Police said that the accused used to work with victim’s husband and would deal in property but later turned hostile and sexually exploited victim.