The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) taking cognizance over the reports of gang rape of a minor girl by police personnel in Gwalior sought report from Inspector General (IG).
The class tenth student of Behat police station area in Gwalior alleged that she was gang-raped by policemen of the Dial 100 team. The minor girl alleged that she was kidnapped and gang raped by four police personals of the Dial 100 team. While the father of the victim has alleged that the police harassed his daughter for over ten hours in the name of investigation. The family members of the victim alleged that she was kidnapped from home by four police personals posted in Dial 100, after kidnapping the victim was taken to forest and was raped.
The Commission taking cognizance of the incidence sent a letter through fax to Gwalior IG seeking immediate report over the incidence.
Notably, a 16 year old girl was allegedly gang-raped by policemen of the dial 100 team in Gwalior on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday but even after the complaint was lodged, no arrests have been made as yet.
The incident occurred on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday when the victim had gone to meet an acquaintance Raghvendra. He works with the dial 100 team of the district police and had expressed his desire to meet over the phone.
On the pretext of greeting Holi, Raghvendra dragged her into the police vehicle where she was raped by him and two of his associates.
SP Gwalior rural Rajesh Tripathi confirmed that the victim's father had named some people and that the matter had been referred to the Mahila police station where a case had been registered.