Maharashtra: Four Army personnel allegedly raped woman at military hospital, booked

The Pune police on Wednesday booked four Army personnel for allegedly raping a woman multiple times at the Military hospital between January 2015 to June 2015. The victim was an employee with speech and hearing impairment at the same hospital.

“According to the woman’s complaint, she was on night duty (at the hospital) when she was allegedly raped by one of the accused, who at the time was posted at the hospital,” a senior police official was quoted saying by PTI.

If the report is to be believed, the incident took place between January to June 2015. But it came to light on October 16 after the woman filed an FIR. A copy of FIR has been sent to the defence minister and the chief of the Army.

When the victim told another personnel about the incident, he initially told her that he would reprimand the Army personnel. But, later he too sought sexual favours from the woman by threatening her to make it viral and allegedly raped her.

“Days later, two more Army personnel approached the victim and allegedly raped her,” Police said.

Earlier this year, the victim approached an NGO in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, which subsequently informed the police. The Indore police then further informed their Pune counterpart, who registered a case against the four accused, under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 354 (molestation).

Besides the police, the army too is conducting a probe into the matter. “The court of inquiry was initiated well before the police complaint was registered,” the army official told PTI.

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