Jalandhar woman files petition against police’s closure report

  • | Thursday | 10th January, 2019

A 40-year-old woman from Jalandhar in Punjab has filed a petition in the district court against a cancellation report by Chandigarh Police in her rape case. The Chandigarh Police, though registered an FIR of rape, filed a cancellation report in the court in August 2016. The police in the cancellation report mentioned that the woman initially refused to get a medical test done, however, it was carried out later. AdvertisingIn the protest petition, filed in the court of Harleen Pal Singh, Judicial Magistrate First Class last month, against the cancellation report, the woman sought directions for the Chandigarh Police for further investigation. The dormitory, where the alleged incident of rape took place, did not exist, mentioned the report.

A 40-year-old woman from Jalandhar in Punjab has filed a petition in the district court against a cancellation report by Chandigarh Police in her rape case. She had alleged a 33-year-old Air Force officer had raped her in Chandigarh in 2016. Advertising In the protest petition, filed in the court of Harleen Pal Singh, Judicial Magistrate First Class last month, against the cancellation report, the woman sought directions for the Chandigarh Police for further investigation. The matter is scheduled for hearing on February 8. As per the woman’s complaint, she met the accused, Ajay Kumar, in 2013, while traveling in a train from Delhi to Ludhiana. They became friends and later met in 2014 at a dormitory in Sector 43, Chandigarh, where he allegedly proposed her marriage. The woman alleged that the accused raped her on the pretext of marriage, but later in November 2014, he told her that he was getting married to another girl and that he would not be able to marry her as she was older to him, besides their religion and caste were different. Thus, he allegedly stopped responding to her phone calls. The woman then in February 2016 learned that the accused had got married. She then contacted the Chandigarh Police and lodged a formal complaint. The Chandigarh Police, though registered an FIR of rape, filed a cancellation report in the court in August 2016. The police in the cancellation report mentioned that the woman initially refused to get a medical test done, however, it was carried out later. The dormitory, where the alleged incident of rape took place, did not exist, mentioned the report. Thus the police did not find any evidence against the accused. Advertising Advocate Gurpratap Singh Bhatti, counsel for the woman, argued in the petition that the police neither called the woman to join the investigation of the case, nor any other person from the spot to record statements pertaining to the complaint. “The accused had been threatening the woman with an obscene video, which he had made at the time of the incident, and the victim had apprised the Station House Officer of Sector 36 police station, where the FIR had been lodged, about it, but no action had been taken. The conduct of the police shows that they are hand in glove with the accused and helping him in every manner, thus the case shall be marked for an investigation to an independent agency,” he pleaded.

If You Like This Story, Support NYOOOZ

NYOOOZ SUPPORTER

NYOOOZ FRIEND

Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.


Stay updated with all the Chandigarh Latest News headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.

Related Articles