The Asian Age

Woman accuses father of molesting her even after spending a decade in jail

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

A Delhi court on Wednesday sought an action taken report from the police on a plea filed by a 24-year-old woman seeking registrati­on of FIR against her father, a rape convict, for allegedly harassing and molesting her while out on parole.

Additional chief metropolit­an magistrate Manika has directed the station house officer (SHO) of Mehrauli Police Station to file the report and listed the matter for February 23.

The woman claimed that she was first raped by her father when she was 12years-old. He was later released as she was “pressured” to give a statement in his favour, following which he raped her again and was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonme­nt in 2018, she said.

On September 27, 2021, when the accused came out on parole, the accused again tried to molest the complainan­t many times, beat complainan­t’s mother for not giving consent to do what the accused wanted to do with the complainan­t, she stated in the plea before the court.

The complainan­t, who works as a housekeepe­r, said that more than a decade of incarcerat­ion could not change the mentality of her father.

The accused is worse than an animal in the body of the human, the complainan­t added, calling her father a “habitual offender” and seeking a direction to the police officials to conduct an investigat­ion.

She added that even more than a decade of incarcerat­ion could not change the mentality of the convict as the accused molests the complainan­t and tries to make forceful physical relations with the complainan­t.

On December 22, 2021, when the mother of the complainan­t tried to save her from the accused’s illintenti­on, the accused took a rope and strangulat­ed the mother with an intention to kill her.”

The complainan­t moved the court through advocates Amit Sahni and Sonali Tiwary after the SHO of Mehrauli police Station, Deputy Commission­er Police, Commission­er of Police, National Commission of Women, and State Commission of Women allegedly took no action against the accused on the basis of her complaint dated December 27.

The woman went on to say that she called the police on December 22 and tried to give a written complaint to the police officer, but they refused to take it and did not help them in any way.

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