Bhubaneswar

S'garh BJD functionary faces rape slur

MAlAY RAY

Youth BJD general  secretary of  Sundargrh district is now in a soup after facing allegation of cheating and keeping physical relationship  with a girl.

The accused is now absconding and the Sundargarh police after registering a case have started an investigation.

According to sources, accused Umesh Kumar Sharma was slapped with an allegation by a girl (24), a resident of RRIT colony of Sundargarh, that the former has been exploiting her sexually since 2009 on the promise of marrying her. In 2016, a dispute occurred with Sharma when the girl’s  family insisted him to marry her as the girl had became pregnant earlier and Sharma got her aborted by persuading her successfully. Sharma had allegedly beaten her and her mother over the issue. later, the victim had lodged  a  complaint  in the Town  police station and  a  rape  case  had  been  registered  against Sharma.

The  victim  girl  during  that  period  had  got  a  job  at  Noida  and after  she  went  to  Noida  for  working  there, Sharma  again cunningly  assured  her  that  he  would  marry  her  and  had persuaded  her  to  withdraw  the  case  against him. The  girl had withdrawn  the  case and both reportedly  had  tied  the  knot  in  a temple  at  Cuttack.

The girl said Sharma had mixed some medicine in her coffee to damage her pregnancy. When the  girl  came  to know  about  this,  she  was rigid  to go to  Sharma’s house  as  his  wife.