Woman alleges gang rape, climbs tower in Sangrur

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, April 16

A woman of Rodewala village climbed a tower in Sangrur city today, alleging gang rape by a policeman and two relatives of her husband. Harpreet Kaur (name changed)alleged that her harvested wheat crop had also been burnt and a false case had been registered against her. She questioned the delay in the registration of a case against the accused.

Senior police officers assured her of justice after which she agreed to come down. She was admitted to the Civil Hospital.

“My husband has been in the illegal confinement of his nephew Raju since January and they want to grab our 4 acres of land. On April 14, Raju along with another relative and a policeman raped me in my house and burnt my harvested wheat,” the victim alleged.

She alleged that she along with two other villagers Jhanda Singh and Krishan Kumar had harvested the wheat from her 4 acres, but Raju along with some policemen mercilessly thrashed both villagers before setting the harvested wheat on fire.

“Raju has forcibly got the registration of land done in his name from my husband. He is now threatening me to leave the village. They have locked my house and the police are openly helping him,” she alleged.

Harpreet got married in January but her husband’s relatives alleged that it was her third marriage and she had come only to grab their land.

“We have recorded her statement of rape against Raju, Seera and policeman Harbans. The relatives of her husband alleged that she herself set the harvested wheat on fire to implicate them in a false case. On April 14, we had registered case against Harpreet and two other villagers on the complaint of Raju,” said Dharmveer Singh, Sub-Inspector posted in the Lehra police station.

When contacted, Sangrur DSP Sandeep Wadehra, who convinced her to come down from the tower, said that they were conducting a thorough probe.