Rape case against AIG: Victim to record statement today
Woman to undergo medical examination too, say police
POLICE HAD ON SATURDAY ISSUED A LOOKOUT CIRCULAR APPREHENDING THAT THE AIG MIGHT FLEE THE COUNTRY TO EVADE ARREST
AMRITSAR: Three days have been passed since additional inspector general (AIG, crime) Randhir Singh was booked for allegedly raping and intimidating a 28-year-old law student of an Amritsar college, police have failed to get any break through.
Additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP city-2) Lakhbir Singh said, “Continuos raids are being conducted to arrest the accused.”
Two teams of Amritsar police had conducted raids on Saturday at the AIG’S Chandigarh office and Amritsar residence but to no avail.the ADCP said, “The victim will record her statement with us on Monday. SIT led by assistant commissioner of police (headquarters) Richa Agnihotri will record her statement, following which her medical examination will also be conducted.”
Apprehending that the AIG might flee the country to evade arrest, Amritsar police had issued a lookout circular, which mandates authorities at airports and ports to detain the accused.
Police had also included names of two of Uppal’s friends, Jaskaran Singh and Parminder Singh, in the first information report (FIR).
The AIG was booked on Friday under Sections 376 (rape), 376 D (rape by one or more persons), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354-C (voyeurism), 506 (criminal intimidation), 498 (enticing a married woman with criminal intent) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 25, 27, 54, 59 of the Arms Act and Information Technology Act, 2000, on the 28-year-old woman’s complaint.
The complainant, who is the mother of a six-year-old boy, alleged that Uppal, posted in Chandigarh, was sexually harassing her for the past four months. She also made public the recordings of her conversation and Whatsapp chats with Uppal.
She had lodged a complaint with the Amritsar cantonment police on September 17 and also called the police helpline number 181 the next day.
Commissioner of police SS Srivastava forwarded the complaint to the office of Punjab director general of police and a probe was marked to inspector general (Ig-crime and women) Vibhu Raj, who recommended that a case be registered against Uppal.