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Haryana policemen accused of rape arrested
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NewsByte on 12 June, 2008 02:07:29
 
The two Haryana policemen accused of raping a 28-year-old woman from Rohtak who
subsequently committed suicide have been arrested.
Constables Balrarj Singh and Silak Ram, who had been absconding since Monday
when the woman committed suicide protesting police inaction to arrest the duo,
surrendered before Rohtak police late Wednesday evening, after which they were
arrested, Rohtak city SHO Pawan Kumar said.
The two accused had been slapped with the charge of rape by public servants on
duty under 376 B of Indian Penal Code, police sources said.
The duo was brought to Rohtak police station by their relatives who are also
policemen, they said.
Balraj Singh and Silak Ram had allegedly raped the woman in Rohtak on April 10.
The woman committed suicide at the state police headquarters in Panchkula on
June 9 expressing her frustration that no action has been taken against the
accused.
The FIR in the rape case was registered 50 days after the rape incident and
that too after the victim and her husband Subhash ran from pillar to post
approaching senior officers pleading that action be taken against the guilty who
had been roaming free.
Meanwhile, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Punjab and
Haryana High Court demanding a CBI probe into the rape of the woman.