Cases of alleged rape of IAS’s wife, Calcutta HC orders action against three police officers

Kolkata(Team Newsbuddy): The Calcutta High Court has directed the Kolkata Police Commissioner to take departmental action against three top police officers for mishandling the preliminary investigation into the alleged rape of an IAS officer’s wife. In this regard, the court of Justice Rajarshi Bhardwaj said that after the complaint of the victim, some gross negligence was found on the part of the investigation team.

The investigation was handed over to a male officer against the law and light sections were imposed instead of serious charges. Due to this, the way was cleared for the accused to get preliminary bail by the lower court. However, the High Court intervened and rejected the bail to ensure that the accused remains in custody. Disciplinary action has been taken against Lake Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sujata Burman, Tiljala Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Kalpana Roy and Kardeya Police Station SI Arpita Bhattacharya for their role in the faulty investigation.

Following the High Court’s direction, the investigation has been handed over to the women’s police station and the divisional deputy commissioner (DC) has been asked to monitor the case. Meanwhile, the victim’s husband, who is currently an IAS officer posted in Mumbai, has welcomed the court’s intervention. On July 15, the accused, a 53-year-old senior employee of an IT company and a family friend of the victim, allegedly entered the victim’s house in the Lake police station area in an inebriated condition and raped her. After a lot of struggle, the victim managed to escape and later lodged a complaint at the Lake police station.