Rape accused LRD constable dismissed

Vadodara: A lok rakshak dal (LRD) constable, who is accused of raping a 21-year-old girl, was dismissed from the police service on Monday. Surajsinh Chauhan was suspended immediately after the girl filed a complaint of rape against him at Laxmipura police station in March last year.
While Chauhan was arrested and is currently lodged in Vadodara central jail, a departmental inquiry was also initiated against him. The police said that Chauhan didn’t furnish any reply during the inquiry conducted by an assistant commissioner of police (ACP). The inquiry found Chauhan to be guilty of the crime. “We conducted a detailed inquiry and he (Chauhan) was given a show-cause notice on October 25 asking why action shouldn’t be initiated against him. He didn’t reply to the notice following which I dismissed him from the police department on Monday,” said Deepak Kumar Meghani, DCP (zone 1). Meghani added that the constable can appeal against the dismissal before the appropriate authorities within the next 60 days.
Chauhan, who was posted at Laxmipura police station, has been accused of rape by a girl whom he had spotted with her male friend on the isolated Gotri-Ankodia Road in March last year.