Naliya gang rape victim faces FIR for ‘cheating’
ADDITIONAL CHARGES Exhusband of victim filed a cheating case against her saying she decamped with jewellery and ₹25,000 in cash
A 24-year-old woman, who was allegedly gang raped by nine men, including BJP members, in Naliya town of Gujarat’s Kutch, has been accused of criminal breach of trust and cheating by her former husband.
The first class judicial magistrate SS Brahmbhatt asked Gujarat police earlier this week to file an FIR against the woman under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 419 (cheating by personation) and 504 (insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint filed by her ex-husband.
A resident of Kutch, her ex-husband had moved court and alleged that his former wife cheated him by decamping with jewellery and cash to the tune of ₹25,000 a day after they got married on January 31, 2016. They got divorced the next month and she remarried her first husband.
He has also named the parents of the woman, and two others in the complaint.
“An FIR will be registered against the rape victim once we receive the written copy of the court order,” Kutch (West) superintendent of police Makrand Chauhan told HT.
The gang rape is also being investigated by Kutch (West) police under the supervision of the CID (crime).
A couple of days after the local court’s order, the Gujarat government on Wednesday announced a judicial probe into the rape case.
“We are committed to ensuring that all guilty are punished and no one is spared,” chief minister Vijay Rupani said in the state assembly after Congress members voiced the demand.
The Congress has tried to corner BJP over the gang rape case as four of the nine accused are BJP members, including two councillors. The opposition party has also frequently disrupted assembly proceedings till the announcement of a judicial probe. and Vasant Bhanushali have been named in the FIR
The case took a political turn after Congress hit the streets Earlier this week, an FIR against the woman was filed by Gujarat police based on a complaint of cheating by her ex-husband
FIR filed under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 419 (cheating by personation) and 504 (insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)