Dalit Man Allegedly Refuses To Work, His Pregnant Wife Raped, Kids & Mother Thrashed In MP

A pregnant woman was allegedly raped, her two children and mother-in-law were abducted, thrashed and tortured for four days in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur after her husband, also a Dalit, refused to cut a tree at the farm of the accused, police said. The accuses is described as the village muscleman.?

What has happened?

The woman has alleged that the accused came to her house, thrashed and sexually assaulted her. When the woman’s elderly mother-in-law tried to intervene, she was thrashed as well.

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What happened?

The woman’s husband, Baijnath Ahirwar, works as a labourer in Chhatarpur’s Bandargarh village. He was called by the accused for some work. When Baijnath refused, he was threatened with consequences.

Following this, the accused reached his house and allegedly beat his five-month pregnant wife in front of his family. The accused also thrashed his elderly mother. The accused then threatened the woman against filing a report with the police and left someone to guard the house.

Rajnagar police station in-charge Pankaj Sharma said the prime suspect had summoned the 32-year-old labourer to his farm to cut some trees. But he refused, reportedly on the grounds that he was not feeling well. The labourer was beaten up to punish him but he eventually managed to run away.

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How were they rescued??

The Dalit family in Chhatarpur district, 350 km from state capital Bhopal. was rescued on Wednesday after a local journalist tipped off the police. The prime suspect was arrested on Thursday and his two accomplices are on the run.

The police officer said a local journalist heard about the incident and informed the police.“Police rescued them on Wednesday and admitted them to a local hospital from where they have been discharged,” said Sachin Sharma, superintendent of police Chhatarpur.

What action has been taken so far?

An FIR has been registered against Hardesh alias Honey Patel, Aakash Patel, and Vinod Patel under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocity) Act and other relevant sections of IPC.

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However, on Thursday, the woman told reporters that the police had skipped mentioning rape in the First Information Report. Sachin Sharma said they will add relevant sections relating to rape in the FIR in view of the woman’s disclosure before the media.

“The woman has injury marks on her body and in her complaint, she informed police about physical torture only. She didn’t inform us about any sexual assault but if she is saying, we will add the section of rape in the FIR,” Sachin Sharma said.?

“Later, the accused reached the labourer’s house and beat his pregnant wife, two kids and mother. The accused abducted them and tortured them for four days,” Sachin Sharma said.