Dalit Gang Rape Victim From MP Allegedly Dies By Suicide After Police Didn't Register Complaint
It is not easy for rape survivors to get justice in India and it is even worse if the victim is from a marginalized community. There have been any number of such cases, including some in recent days.
But on one such case, police inaction took a tragic turn after a rape survivor allegedly killed herself.
A 32-year-old Dalit?woman, who was allegedly raped by three men four days ago, died by suicide on Friday in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district, police said.
The woman's family alleged that the police did not register a complaint in the last three days. On Friday, the police arrested three persons, including one of the alleged rapists.
Came to file complaint but not registered by police
"A woman died of suicide in Richhai village of Narisinghpur (on Friday). During the investigation, it was found that she came to file a report in Gotitoriya police station on September 28 to file a complaint but it was not registered," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajesh Tiwari told ANI.
"On Friday morning, when she came out of her house, some women talked something bad about her character. Later, she killed herself. We have registered a case now and arrested two accused," he said.
A case under sections 306 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and SC/ST Act has been registered.
MP CM orders probe
On Friday, MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered that a case be registered against the local police official, and two senior officials be shunted out.
"The Chief Minister has directions to register a case against the station in-charge for not writing an FIR and directed to arrest and remove additional SP, SDOP with immediate effect. Apart from seeking clarification from the SP, who is on leave, a case has also been registered against the accused," CMO wrote on Twitter.
Incident happened last Monday
The trio allegedly raped the woman on Monday when she was out in a field to cut grass for the cattle.
On Friday, when the woman went to fetch water from a tap, Leela Bai, another woman, allegedly taunted her, after which the victim went home and hanged herself, the police officer said.
Her husband alleged in his complaint that they were trying to get a case registered for the last three days but to no avail.
This is the second case of sexual assault on Dalits being reported from MP in recent days.?
On Monday, a 16 years old girl was dragged out of her house and taken to a forested area at knife point and was raped.
Two of the accused have been arrested by the police.
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