SHO molests woman, suspended

ALWAR: The station house officer (SHO) of Kathumar police station here has been suspended over allegations that he kept a woman in illegal confinement at the station and molested her. An inquiry has been ordered into the matter.
The victim charged the SHO with forcing her to come along with him to the police station from her marriage mandap and later molesting her.
The victim had approached home minister of state Virendra Beniwal who then asked IG (Jaipur range) Rajeev Dasot to investigate into the allegations.
According to the police, the SHO, Puranmal Yadav, had been accused of molesting the 20-year-old woman.
"It was alleged that the woman belonging to Uttar Pradesh had been sold to two different people for marriage by her father. The father had taken Rs 1.25 lakh from a family in Karauli's Hindaun town for marrying her," Alwar SP Mahesh Goyal told TOI.
He further said when the father tried to get her married to another man, the Hindaun-based family lodged an FIR against the girl and her family members.
The SHO then allegedly went to the function in which the girl was getting married and took her to the police station for interrogation.
"She alleges that Puranmal Yadav molested her on the police station premises and kept her in detention illegally," Goyal added.
IG Dasot said the statement of the victim was recorded and SHO was immediately placed under suspension. "He has been asked to be present everyday at Jhunjhunu district police headquarters. A probe by senior officials has been ordered," Dasot said.
The incident has occurred despite strict directions from police headquarters in Jaipur that woman suspects and witnesses should be accompanied only by policewomen and they should not be kept detained illegally in the police stations across the state.