Bhopal gang rape report says 5 cops delayed registering FIR

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Madhya Pradesh’s deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Sudhir Laad has held five policemen accountable for the inordinate delay in filing an FIR in the Bhopal gang rape case on the night of October 31.

DIGLaadsubmittedthereport to his superior ADG Aruna Mohan Rao, who in turn handed it over to director general of police(DGP)RishiKumarShukla on Friday, sources said.

Whilethreestation houseoffi- cers (SHOs) and two sub-inspectors held accountable in the report have already been suspended, the city superintendent of police (SP) and GRP SP have been shifted to other postings.

On the night of October 31, a civil service aspirant was waylaid by four men near the Habibganj railway station who raped her for over three hours after which they tried to strangulate her. According to sources, the roleofeachcopandthemistakes they committed have been mentioned in detail in the report.

Thevictimandherfamilyhad first approached the MP Nagar police station at 8am on November1.Itwas12hourslaterthatthe case wasregisteredat the Habibganj GRP.

The hapless girl and her parents were made to go from one police station to another as cops fought over jurisdiction. In between, the victim and her parents,bothofwhomarealsopolice personnel, nabbed one of the accused and handed him over to the police.

Theinitialmedicalreport,preparedafterthewomanwasexaminedonNovember1,saidthe“sex was consensual” as per the “accused”.

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