KANPUR: A woman police constable , on her way home in Kanpur Nagar district to celebrate Karwa Chauth , was raped by her neighbour, who offered her a lift on his motorcycle. The accused had been arrested and sent to jail, police said.
“The woman head constable, attached to the Reserve Police Lines in Ayodhya, came to Kanpur on Saturday night for Karwa Chauth. After getting down at Narwal, she was on her way to her village, Budheda in Sen-Paschim Para, when her neighbour, Dharmendra Paswan , offered to drop her home on his bike,” said additional commissioner of police (law and order), Harish Chander.
“Instead of dropping her at her destination, Paswan took the woman to an isolated field and raped her.”
Ghatampur ACP Ranjeet Kumar said the survivor raised an alarm when Paswan attempted to disrobe her, but there was no one around to help. “The woman bit a part of the accused’s finger after the assault and somehow managed to flee,” he said.
The survivor approached a nearby police outpost and registered an FIR. Police mounted a search and arrested Paswan within hours. He was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.
The accused has been booked under sections 64 (rape), 76 (criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 117 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita .
“The woman head constable, attached to the Reserve Police Lines in Ayodhya, came to Kanpur on Saturday night for Karwa Chauth. After getting down at Narwal, she was on her way to her village, Budheda in Sen-Paschim Para, when her neighbour, Dharmendra Paswan , offered to drop her home on his bike,” said additional commissioner of police (law and order), Harish Chander.
“Instead of dropping her at her destination, Paswan took the woman to an isolated field and raped her.”
Ghatampur ACP Ranjeet Kumar said the survivor raised an alarm when Paswan attempted to disrobe her, but there was no one around to help. “The woman bit a part of the accused’s finger after the assault and somehow managed to flee,” he said.
The survivor approached a nearby police outpost and registered an FIR. Police mounted a search and arrested Paswan within hours. He was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.
The accused has been booked under sections 64 (rape), 76 (criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 117 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita .
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