Bareilly: A 35-year-old woman, who went to a police station in UP’s Shahjahanpur district to file a complaint allegedly after being gang-raped by five men, later accused a sub-inspector of sexually assaulting her on pretext of filing the case. The alleged incident took place at Jalalabad police station on November 30. Additional director general of police (ADG) of Bareilly Avinash Chandra has ordered an inquiry. Superintendent of police (city) Sanjay Kumar said “police are investigating it.
The woman claimed that she was gang-raped by five men on November 30. “The five accused forcibly dragged me inside the car, took me to a nearby field and raped me. Soon after that, I went to Jalalabad police station where the SI also raped me,” the woman, a widow, claimed.
According to the woman, when local police refused to file a case, she approached senior officers. She met ADG Avinash Chandra who then ordered a probe. But, sources in police said she has filed several such complaints in the past too.
A policeman, on condition of anonymity, said, “The woman is being used to settle scores. She had already registered four cases of sexual assaults in Shahjahanpur and had given over two dozen complaints so far.”
Shahjahanpur SSP S Anand told TOI, “The woman never approached us with the complaint against the sub-inspector. She directly went to the ADG.”