Two police personnel allegedly gangraped a 30-year-old woman at gunpoint at Gageru village of Shamli district while four cops were suspended in Meerut for teasing girls in inebriated state.
Reports said that constables Deepak Rathi and Vivek Choudhry, posted at Kandhla police station in Shamli reportedly barged inside the house of 30-year-old woman residing in the same locality on Tuesday night. They alleged to have raped the victim and later escaped after robbing the costly booty from the house. They also reportedly threatened her with dire consequences in she dared to lodge any case. The local police registered a case in this regard and sent a report to the seniors who placed both cops under suspension. The victim was also send for medical examination and officers claimed that if charges are found to be true than both the cops will be also arrested and sent to jail. Meanwhile, agitated with the incident the local villagers also staged a dharna demanding strict action against the constable. However they lifted the protest on assurance of the officers that appropriate action will be taken in the matter.
In another incident reported from Meerut, four police constables, who were allegedly in an inebriated state, misbehaved with some women forcing the authorities to place them under suspension. According to reports, constables - Surendra Tewatia, Manoj Kumar, lakhmi Singh and Neeraj Pundir all posted with the Kharkhauda police station in Meerut have been suspended by the SSP for allegedly misbehaving with some women in Kanshiram Residential Colony on Tuesday night. The action was taken on complaint of the victims. A report has also been registered against the cops and further investigations are on in the matter to initiate legal proceedings against the guilty.
local police after initial probe claimed that the cops who were accused of misbehavior went to a house in the Kanshiram Residential Colony to enquire a case of theft of a four-wheeler. They asked the women in the house to show them the papers of the vehicle which was alleged to be lifted from the house by some unknown persons. But even after the women showed them the papers, the policemen were not satisfied and misbehaved with them, alleged the locals. The women then raised the alarm, after which the policemen fled the scene, they added. Agitated by the incident, locals protested demanding action against the accused policeman, following which senior police officials reached the spot and assured them of action.