Nazirabad police have booked a 45-year-old man for alleged sexually assaulting his 30-year-old sister-in-law at Akia village on April 10.
The accused, identified as Shivnarayan lovanshi, had allegedly sexually assaulted his sister-in-law who came to the village on April 10 along with his family. The victim braved to lodge a complaint on Sunday with the Nazirabad police.
Police said the victim lives in the city and had come to the village for sowing of crops. When the accused found her alone walking towards farms he followed her and sexually assaulted her. lovanshi also threatened her not to report the incident to the family and police.
Feared of the accused, the victim remained silent for sometimes but later deciding that that the accused should be punished she reported the incident to her husband and later they lodged a complaint.
After the complaint was lodged the accused went absconding and is still at large at the time of filing this report. Police have intensified the search to nab the absconding accused.
Based on the complaint police registered a case under Section 376 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
During the investigation it was found that the victim’s husband and the accused had a land dispute which remained unresolved.
Whether the act was done with the intent to humiliate the victim’s husband over their old land dispute could not be ascertained and would be investigated after the accused would be nabbed, a police officer investigating the case informed.