POLICE TRANSFERS INVESTIGATION IN THE CASE OF CUSTODIAL GANG RAPE OF A TRANSGENDER FROM the local police to CID-CB.in Jaipur. All of you would be happy to learn that after the strong advocacy effort made by the Jaipur and Ajmer Groups, in particular the PUCL with the police, media and the State womens commission, finally, the DG police agreed and transferred the custodial gang rape case of the transgender from Mumbai, to the CID-CBJaipur. The Ajmer police was working totally to protect the three poiicemen, Bhawani, Om Prakash both constables and Lakshmi Narayan the ASI. The three are still not suspended, they were moved to from the Dargah police station, where the rape happened to another police station. So the alleged rapists continue to have an interface with people, women. But the most shocking part of the entire Ajmer transgender rape episode has been the inaccurate sections of rape that were used. They were, 376-B &G. 376-B is simply rape by a public servant and G is rape during communal and sectarian violence. When the section 376 2-A clearly talks of rape within the police station and the premises done by those in whose custody the woman was. Imagine how the police threw the police station out of the sectoins. And was is also shocking is that despite sec 176(1)(A), CrPc, where it is mandatory to carry out a magisterial enquiry in matters of custodial rapes, This has not even been ordered by the District Collectorate. Worst of all the former IO and IPS probationer went around telling all that there were no injuries on the private parts, then how does he explain the big bruises on the inner thigh. Along with other marks. When these and some other facts were brought out by us, the Director General police had to transfer the case out of Ajmer. We also stated that they must also close the against the 8 transgender persons, as this case was the ploy to bring them into the police station and the rape, the leader. The rape survivor, while addressing the press conference in Jaipur was very calm and composed, but pledged to not give up till she would get justice. She would knock the doors of all courts. PUCL interns, this is your success.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:23:41 +0000
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