RANCHI: A man has accused 19 people, including officials of Birsa Munda Central Jail, of sexually assaulting his 20-year-old son and forcing him to consume narcotics while he was an undertrial prisoner there, an officer said on Thursday (November 12).
The father, a resident of the Ratu police station area, has also alleged that a written complaint his son made inside the jail was torn up and that he was denied medical care. An FIR was registered at Khelgaon police station on Thursday on the basis of his complaint, said Sanjeev Besra, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Sadar).
According to the complaint, the young man was lodged as an undertrial in a case in which he was acquitted of all charges on June 12. He was in mental distress after his release and told his family what had happened to him, the officer said. The complaint alleges that groups of undertrials assaulted him on three occasions and forced him to take narcotics.
No one has been arrested so far in the case. The jail administration has not commented on it yet.
(With inputs from media reports)