An Indian woman who claims she was raped at gunpoint by two men says
the investigating officer refused to arrest the pair until she had sex
with him.
The 37-year-old woman, from northern Uttar Pradesh province, said
she was left in fear of her life after police failed to detain Ameer
Ahmad, 55, and Sattar Ahmad, 45, after she reported them for rape back
in February.
She says her requests were repeatedly ignored by officer Jai Prakash
Singh who instead questioned her on the lurid details of the alleged
attack, before suggesting she ‘fulfill my desires’.
The disturbing case was reported by Times of India, which says it has recordings of Singh making his advances.
The
case began back in February when the woman said Ameer and Satar offered
her a lift home from a relative’s house, only to return and rape her
later when they discovered she was home alone.
She reported the case to police, but says officers failed to file charges until she went to a local court to complain.
Even
then, she said her attackers – who live in the same village – were left
free to roam the streets, leaving her in fear of her life.
Despite
making desperate pleas to Singh to jail the pair, he instead began
messaging her phone asking to meet in private and propositioning her,
she says.
When she complained about his behaviour, she claims he closed the case.
But Singh kept on harassing her, at which point she made secret recordings and took them to the police chief.
Speaking
about the tapes, police superintendent Vipin Tada said: The voice in
the audio clip doesn’t match with that of the [investigator]. But we
will investigate her charges thoroughly.’
In 2015 alone, there
were 34,000 reported cases of rape in India, though that number is
likely to be far higher since many do not go to the police for fear they
will not be believed, or will be shunned by their community.
Marital
rape is also not considered a crime, further adding to the number of
unreported cases. In 2014 there were around 14,000 reported cases of
child rape.
The most infamous rape case in modern Indian history
took place in New Delhi in 2012, when intern Jyoti Singh was brutally
attacked on a bus by six men who – among other things – violated her
with a steel pole.
She was taken to hospital but died almost two weeks later from internal injuries, sparking nationwide protests.
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