Sambhal: A police inspector, probing a gang-rape case, has been suspended for allegedly asking inappropriate questions to the teenage rape survivor in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal. The move was taken after two audio clips surfaced on social media wherein the inspector was found speaking to the rape survivor in an obscene manner.
Also, the survivor's family submitted a complaint to the superintendent of police accusing the inspector of conniving with the accused and speaking to the victim in an obscene manner. Following which, the SP suspended inspector Ashok Kumar and the investigations of the gang-rape case were handed over to an ASP ranked officer.
In June, the rape survivor had lodged a complaint against five persons in Gunnaur police station. The case was handed over to Kumar, who was posted at Gunnaur police station for investigation. The victim's family alleged that Kumar asked obscene questions to the girl several times during the interrogations on the pretext of preparing his report.
The family also alleged that the inspector asked many inappropriate questions to the victim about her medical test which was not possible for her to answer. Two audios of such conversations have gone viral. One audio is of 1 minute 58 seconds and the other is of 1 minute 10 seconds.
