Bhopal: 3 police personnel suspended for forcing girl to withdraw rape complaint

The town inspector and two sub-inspectors were suspended on Wednesday by the superintendent of police

Updated on: Sep 8, 2022, 11:14:47 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Three police personnel including a town inspector were suspended after a 13-year-old rape survivor accused them of harassing and pressurising to withdraw their complaint at police station in Bhopal’s Chhatarpur.

The police personnel have been suspended for fair probe in the matter. (File image (Representative image))

The town inspector and two sub-inspectors were suspended on Wednesday by the superintendent of police.

The mother of the survivor said, “The girl went missing on August 27. She went to file a complaint at Kotwali police station against a local resident where the police filed the complaint and registered the age of the girl as 18 years. But they didn’t do anything. Later, the girl ran away from the resident’s house and reached home on August 30.”

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The mother and daughter again filed the complaint with police saying the local resident had allegedly abducted and raped her. The police filed the complaint but didn’t write about the abduction.

Chhatarpur, child welfare committee member Saurabh Bhatnagar said, “The police arrested a person and brought him to the house of survivor on September 3. We objected so they misbehaved with us. Later, police beat the survivor to force her to withdraw the complaint. ”

Chhatarpur, superintendent of police, Sachin Sharma said, “The police personnel have been suspended for fair probe in the matter. There are many flaws in the allegations but we don’t want to take any chance so the police officers in question have been removed.”

(With inputs from Anupam Pateriya from Sagar)

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More