A 16-year-old girl has charged two policemen on PCR duty in Jhajjar with sexually exploiting her when she sought their help after getting herself freed from the clutches of her abductors.
The Jhajjar Police arrested the cops and registered a case against them under Section 376 (rape) and 356 (outraging the modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The accused were produced before a local court which sent them to judicial custody.The incident came to light when kin of the girl approached the Kulana police post and accused two cops deputed at the PCR of sexually assaulting her daughter. According to the sources, the police took her to the civil hospital in Jhajjar town for medical examination.
The victim’s kin told the mediapersons that she had gone to her uncle’s house in the village when some co-villagers abducted her in a car on Sunday night, but, she managed to get out of the clutches of kidnappers on Monday.“She was sexually assaulted by two cops posted at the PCR in Jhajjar when she sought their help for protecting her from the abductors while returning to the village,” alleged the victim’s kin, adding that on reaching the village, she narrated the whole story. Thereafter, they approached the police.
While confirming the arrest of the accused cops, Jhajjar SP Balbir Singh said that “During the investigation, two cops have been found guilty of sexually exploiting the girl hence, we have added their names in the kidnapping case that was lodged by the victim’s kin against four-five youth of same village on Tuesday.”He further said that the investigation is on and anyone found guilty into the probe would not be spared.