Magistrate booked for allegedly asking gang-rape survivor to strip in court
Hindustan TimesJaipur: A magistrate was booked on Tuesday in Rajasthan’s Karauli district for allegedly asking an 18-year-old Dalit gang-rape survivor to strip in the court to show her injuries, an officer familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Deputy superintendent of police cell Mina Meena said that the survivor had filed a complaint on March 30 alleging that the Hindaun court magistrate “asked her to strip in order to see her injuries.” “She refused to strip, and after recording the statement in the court, she registered a complaint against the magistrate. “The case has been transferred to a team led by vigilance registrar of the Rajasthan high court Ajay Singh Jatt who also visited the rape survivor in Karauli on Wednesday and recorded her statement,” he said. A case was lodged under sections 376 and 376 D of the Indian Penal Code against three men and a first information report into the matter was registered on March 27 at Hindaun Sadar police station through a court referral.