Tihar Woman Inmate Raped by Delhi Police Constable on Moving Train
She was allegedly raped in the toilet of the train by the constable, who was part of the team escorting her.
A Tihar jail woman inmate was allegedly raped by a Delhi Police constable on 3 August on a train when she was returning to Delhi after appearing before a court in Murshidabad, West Bengal, PTI reported quoting a media report.
She was allegedly raped in the toilet of a moving train by a Delhi Police constable, who was part of the team escorting her, according to a complaint filed at the New Delhi Railway Station police station on Monday, 5 August.
The following day, she told a doctor in the Tihar Jail about the incident.
Taking suo motu cognizance of the case, the National Commission for Women on Wednesday, 7 August urged the Delhi police chief to take immediate action and submit a detailed report in the alleged rape of a Tihar Jail woman inmate by a police constable.
“The commission is anguished and has taken suo-motu cognizance of the matter. The commission has urged the commissioner of police, Delhi to take immediate action in this regard and submit a detailed investigation report to the commission,” the NCW said in a statement.
(With inputs from PTI)
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