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2 Police Officials suspended in Tripura for not lodging FIR in Gang-Rape incident
TIWN Sep 28, 2019
2 Police Officials suspended in Tripura for not lodging FIR in Gang-Rape incident
PHOTO : 6 accused persons produced before Court. TIWN Pic Sep 26, 2019.

AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Sep 28 (TIWN): Horrifying gang-rape incident of a 32 years old woman by 10 men in the capital city Agartala which recently has shaken Tripura led suspension of at least Police officials for ‘not’ lodging FIR into the matter when the victim family complained about the brutal incident in multiple police stations of the city. The two police officials have been identified as (1) West Women Police Station ASI-Sita Debbarma, (2) AD Nagar PS ASI Santi Tripura. Both the suspended officials were involved in heinous crime of denying registering the complaint of the rape-victim, rather allegedly misbehaved with the victim party on Sep 24 night immediately after the incident. The matter was disclosed when the rape victim was admitted in TMC hospital in critical condition and media, opposition leaders started visiting the hospital and the incident spread throughout social media. The opposition CPI-M has alleged a ruling party MLA forced police officials not to lodge any FIR which has led the whole consequence, demanded arrest of the MLA too. The opposition although didn’t mention the name of the MLA but speculation of public raised finger at MLA Ram Prasad Pal for interfering police’s job, although the opposition could not disclose the suspected MLA’s name.

The victim family alleged that at first went to AD Nagar PS, the NCC PS, the West Agartala PS, then West Women PS but no police station lodged FIR. When she was admitted in TMC hospital, the news spread and then East Women PS lodged FIR.

The two suspended police officials are (1) West Women Police Station ASI-Sita Debbarma, (2) AD Nagar PS ASI Santi Tripura.

Total 6 persons have been arrested so per but 2 of them are already sent under “Juvenile Justice Board”, 4 accused yet to be arrested.

The 6 accused were produced before the court amid tight security and amid thousands of agitated public’s gathering the accused persons by covering faces with black clothes were brought in the court premise.

6 accused arrestees are : 1.Radhab Das, 2.Pradip Das, 3.Ajoy Saha, 4.Dipak Debnath, 5.Priya Manish Roy, 6.Bishal Das.

The survived rape victim admitted in hospital, described media how brutally she was raped and each rapist raped her 2-3 times after she was taken to a jungle in a pre-plan way via an auto. The auto driver Pradip was known to her and often she hires it. On Sep 24, when she was returning from GB hospital due to rain, she called that auto driver for life and almost after half an hour he reached.

When the auto was expected to go to Arundhuti Nagar (victim’s home) and driver Pradip took the auto towards Nehru park. When she asked, the driver said, a person will give him money and he just need 5 minutes but as soon as the driver reached near Nehru park and called someone in phoned named Santu. Then two men came and sat in the auto and pressed her mouth.

The auto ran in high speed and entered a jungle crossing Usha Bazar and then she could not recognize the spot. She was threatened to be murdered on spot and brutally gang-raped her.

After rape, she was thrown on the street on Agartala at Circuit House, from where she managed to call at her home with help of public, said the survived victim.

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