Jaipur: Woman cop lodges rape case against RPS officer

JAIPUR: A 38-year-old woman head-constable, who was earlier arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a DSP, has filed a rape case against the officer at Shastri Nagar police station.
The woman in her FIR to police alleged that she had met DSP Shyam Sundar at Rajasthan Police Academy (RPA) when the latter was undergoing his Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) training two years ago. She alleged that the officer raped her when she was a trainee.
“The constable lodged a complaint, based on which we registered an FIR,” said Shastri Nagar SHO Dilip Singh.
Shastri Nagar police said the FIR was registered under Section 376 (rape) of the IPC and the case was under investigation.
According to police, the DSP on May 3 had filed an FIR against the head-constable at Shastri Nagar police station.
The officer alleged that the woman cop was threatening to file a rape case against him and asking Rs 50 lakh to remain quiet. The official also told cops that he had already paid over Rs 3 lakh because he feared that the head-constable might sully his image.
Based on the preliminary investigation following the DSP’s FIR, the Shastri Nagar police had arrested the head-constable from Jodhpur in May, where she had gone for the training after being promoted from constable to head-constable.
A senior official posted at Jaipur North told TOI that following her arrest, the head constable had recently walked out on bail. She later filed a detailed complaint which became the basis for an FIR against the DSP.
“In this first complaint, the DSP had alleged that she was demanding money from him, after her arrest, she gave a fresh complaint of rape. We are investigating the case,” an official said.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)