Ayodhya: Police under fire for delay after Dalit sanitation worker reported gangrape

Ayodhya: The police in Ayodhya are under scrutiny for allegedly delaying action in a case where a Dalit girl, working as a sanitation worker at the Ram Janmabhoomi complex, was reportedly gang-raped.

The victim claims that when she attempted to file a complaint, the officer at the local police station discouraged her from pursuing legal action, suggesting instead that the matter be settled with a monetary deal, The Wire reported.

Following widespread outrage on social media after the girl’s accusations surfaced, Ayodhya police denied the allegations, stating that her testimony was recorded before a judicial magistrate.

 “No police personnel is involved,” the Ayodhya police was quoted as saying by The Wire. So far, seven people have been arrested: Sharik and two minors on gangrape charges, while Vinay Pasi, Shiva Sonkar, Udit Singh, and Satyam were charged with outraging a woman’s modesty.

In her media statement, the victim claimed that eight men were involved in the crime. However, The Wire report mentioned that it has not independently verified her police complaint or judicial statement, as the FIR and the specific sections of the law have not been disclosed by the police.

According to her account, the girl was gang-raped multiple times between August 16-25 by a boy she had been in a relationship with, along with other men he knew, the report said. She also alleged that the perpetrators recorded videos of the assaults and threatened to harm her family if she reported the crime to the police.

Courtesy : TFPJ

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