C''garh: Seven cops suspended for inaction after rape incident
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday announced suspension of seven policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), for alleged inaction following a gang-rape in Balrampur district.
Baghel made the announcement in the state Assembly after the issue was raised by Congress MLA Brihaspat Singh through a calling attention motion.
On February 19, a Class 8 student from Tangarmahri was returning home with a friend after visiting a temple when two motorcycle-borne men tried to abduct the girls, Singh said.
While one of the girls managed to escape, the accused took the other one to a house in Dahejwar village where they, alongwith a third accused, raped her the whole night before fleeing in the morning, said Singh, MLA from Ramanujganj.
The victim returned home, but when her parents took her to Balrampur police station, the police treated them with insensitivity, Singh alleged.
The SHO asked the victim's mother if she had seen the girl being raped, Singh ...