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Gurugram SHO arrested for raping woman, filming incident

Gurugram SHO arrested for raping woman, filming incident

Aug 11, 2019
06:14 pm

What's the story

A station house officer of the Sadar police station in Gurugram has been arrested on Saturday for raping a woman and filming the incident. The SHO, Dalbir Singh, who was set to retire next year, was arrested after an internal inquiry found him guilty, the police said. Singh allegedly threatened the woman with the video and raped her multiple times over the past month.

Details

SHO raped her in car after offering her lift

According to the woman's complaint, on July 10, she was waiting for a bus to Gurugram at Jind bus stop when Singh arrived in his car and offered to drop her. Since she knew Singh from before, the woman agreed. She alleged that after Pindara bypass, Singh stopped at a desolate spot, placed black shades on all windows, and raped her in the car.

Aftermath

Singh called her to his place; drugged and raped her

The next day, Singh called the woman and asked her to visit him as he wanted to talk. "She said he was crying during the call. She went to his house, where he offered her a cold drink that was laced with sedatives, which she drank and fell unconscious," a police officer told Hindustan Times. He raped her again and filmed the incident.

Threats

Woman blackmailed with video; raped several times

Thereafter, Singh shared the video with her on WhatsApp and used it to blackmail her. He raped her several times, threatening to release the video, the police said. Helpless, the woman attempted suicide by jumping into a lake, when another cop spotted her and intervened. After the woman told the cop what happened, the latter persuaded her to file a complaint against him.

Backstory

Singh met woman when she filed case against husband

The woman filed the complaint at the Jind police station on Friday. She detailed that she had gotten married in November 2017 and soon started facing issues in the marriage. She had filed a case against her husband, which was transferred to a Gurugram police station. There, she encountered Singh, who earned her trust as they both hailed from Jind, and exchanged phone numbers.

Information

Charges against Singh seem true, confirms Jind SP

Speaking to The Hindu, Jind Superintendent of Police Ashwin Shanvi said that based on the video and the photos the woman has shared with them in support of her allegations, prima facie, the charges against Singh seem true.

Action

Singh booked under IPC, IT Act

Singh has been booked under sections 376 (2) (n) (repeated rape) and 376 (2) (f) (rape a relative, guardian or a person of trust) of the IPC along with Section 67A (publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act) of the IT Act. Singh was produced in court and taken on three-day police remand. An investigation is underway.