Four days after a deaf and mute girl was allegedly raped by a local quack, not only is the accused still on the loose but also, police are yet to record the victim's statement in front of a magistrate.
According to the complaint filed by the mother of the 25-year-old victim on May 31, the incident happened on May 30 in the Dhantala area of Nadia district in West Bengal. The deaf and mute victim who had gone for a religious programme had returned home late and taking the advantage of her parents' absence, the accused, Probritto Gain, who is in his late 60s and a local quack, forcefully took her to his place and allegedly raped her.
The parents who later returned home started looking for her and found her late at night a considerable distance away from home, with her clothes torn. "Since she cannot talk, she narrated everything to her mother who filed a complaint. An investigation has been started under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code but the accused has been absconding since then," superintendent of police for Nadia district Santosh Pandey told DNA.
The victim's father alleged police apathy. "We were not at home when Gain took my daughter away to his place and raped her. He even tried to kill her to prevent word getting out but since my daughter raised an alarm, he let go of her. After the incident we had to go to the police thrice before our complaint was registered," he said, demanding Gain's immediate arrest and exemplary punishment.
Officials of Dhantala police station, however, refuted all allegations. "There was no delay in receiving the complaint and sending the girl for a medical test. There was, however, no injury mark found in the medical test on her body," said a senior official of the PS and said that they were conducting regular raids at different places to locate the accused. He, however, conceded that there had been a delay in recording her statement in front of a judicial magistrate because of her physical impairment.
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