A 25-year-old married woman, reportedly missing since October 26, on Saturday lodged a police complaint claiming that she was kidnapped, raped and sold for Rs 30,000 from Sehore.
Station House Officer Abhay Nema informed that the victim has claimed that she was sold in Sehore for Rs 30,000 by her cousin Suresh Sapera.
The officer further said that the incident took place when the victim along with her cousin Suresh and his friend Raj Kumar went to buy some clothes for the children.
In Sehore, she was offered a cold drink in which the two accused mixed some hallucinating drugs and after drinking it she fell unconscious. When she regained consciousness, she was shocked to learn that the two had sold her to Raj Kumar of Gwalior for Rs 30,000, he added.
The victim was sold in Sehore and later Raj Kumar took her to Gwalior, held her captive and sexually assaulted her.
On Friday when the accused Raj Kumar was not present the victim escaped and on reaching Bhopal she informed her parents and lodged a complaint with the Ratibad police.
Taking action on the complaint Suresh has been arrested while Jai alias Roop Singh is still absconding.
A police team has been sent to Gwalior to search Raj Kumar to investigate the whole matter and check the claims made by the victim. The victim left her husband few months ago and was living with her father.
The police has registered a case under Sections 363, 366, 372 and 376 of the IPC
and have started further
investigation.