Surat: Assault inflicts severe mental trauma on cashier

SURAT: The hairline fracture in her lower back may heal within a few days, but the trauma of being assaulted by a policeman will take a long time for Santosh Kumari Purohit.
When TOI visited her house, the bank cashier was writhing in pain and frequently breaking down even as her husband Jayantilal constantly tried to comfort her.
“No one needs police like this. How can a policeman behave like this?,” moaned Purohit, who suffered multiple injuries, while talking to TOI.
“He not only physically assaulted me, but the incident has put my family and my colleagues are under tremendous stress,” said the woman, who works as a cashier in Canara Bank.
Purohit has been working with the bank for two years now.
The images of police constable Ghanshyam Shyora attack are still flashing in her mind.
“Not only me, but my husband was also threatened to keep quiet when he came to help me. Instead of helping me, the local police gave the accused cop time to try and force me into a settlement,” alleged Purohit.
The victim also claimed that she and her colleagues had to wait at the Puna police station till 11pm on Monday to lodge the complaint even as the incident had happened at 4.30 pm.
Purohit later went to SMIMER hospital for a medical examination where doctors told her that she did not have serious injury.
“Later, we went to a private hospital where the doctors found that she had a hairline fracture in the lower back. She has been advised to rest for at least 10 days,” said Jayantilal, who works in a textile market.