Khargone: A 16-year old rape victim committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district after police allegedly refused to register her complaint, her family members claimed Sunday.
After the girl’s death Saturday, the police arrested Sunday the accused, Bachchu Sukhram Bundela (28).
The girl was allegedly raped by the accused December 16 after he took her to an isolated place while she was returning to her village from Maheshwar, located about 55km from the district headquarters, Additional Superintendent of Police Shashikant Kankane told reporters.
The victim allegedly consumed pesticide at her home Friday and died during treatment at the district hospital here Saturday, the police official.
The accused was arrested and booked under IPC Section 376 (rape) and provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Kankane said.
However, talking to reporters here, the victim’s father alleged that he and his daughter went thrice to the police but their complaint was not registered. He stated that they initially went to Kakadda police post and then twice to Maheshwar police station to lodge the complaint.
“Instead of registering the complaint, the police questioned my daughter’s character,” alleged the father of the victim.
Kankane, however, said the girl and her father did not cooperate with the police when a woman sub-inspector asked them to record their statement.
Meanwhile, SP SK Pandey said the police have started an investigation in the case on the basis of the victim’s dying declaration. The allegations levelled by the victim’s family members against police would also be probed, he added.
PTI
