Bhopal (MP), July 14: In a bizarre incident, the police registered a case of
rape and fraud against three persons including a father and son for raping a
27-year old woman on Tuesday evening in Ratibad Police Station jurisdiction in
state capital Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh.
The local police said that the victim was raped by three persons including a
father and a son for many days and was later sold to a person for Rs 60,000.
However, when she realized that she was sold and being forced to marry, the
victim escaped from the wedding stage.
The woman, a resident of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, was married to a man, a
resident under Bajaria Police Station area of Bhopal, seven years ago. As it
was a love marriage, her in-laws ousted her and her husband from home. The duo
lived in a rented house in the same locality. The couple has a six-year-old
son.
The police while giving out details of the case said that woman’s husband was
arrested on charges of rape and sent to jail a month back. Thereafter, her
in-laws took custody of her son and forced her to leave the locality. The woman
took a rented house in Chholda Mandir locality.
The victim in her statement recorded before the police said that she met Ravi
who promised to help her. Ravi was ready to bear all expenses and took her to
his house. The woman told the police that Ravi raped her on many occasions.
Later, his father Ramesh also raped her, threatening he would defame her if she
revealed it to anyone. The duo later sold her to a man in Vidisha district for
Rs 60,000 and forced her to get married. Brother-in-law of Ravi, Lokesh helped
the duo in selling the victim off.
Ratibad Police Station in-charge Sudesh Tiwari said that all three accused had
sold the woman to Tarvan Kumar Prajapati, a resident of Vidisha district.
“Tarvan had given Rs 60,000 to Lokesh. As per the deal, the wedding was to take
place at a Dhaba in Ratibad area. The trio took the woman to the Dhaba, where
they forced her to marry Tarvan. As the woman was not ready to marry, she
somehow escaped from there and reached Chhola Mandir area,” Tiwari told media
persons.
As Tarvan and his family members created ruckus at the Dhaba, a police team
reached the spot and took them to the police station. “We have registered a
case of fraud and rape on the complaint of Tarvan and the woman, respectively. As rape
incidents took place under Chhola Mandir police station area, the case was
transferred to the designated police station,” Tiwari said.