A police constable has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting and exploiting a 26-year-old rape survivor in Uttar Pradesh. The accused cop, who was recently transferred to Ballia district, is married and has a child. The rape survivor, a paramedic, had lodged a complaint under IPC sections of rape and forceful conversion against another man in 2019. The accused constable then approached her on the pretext of helping her, and allegedly raped her at gunpoint while she was alone in her house in December 2020.

According to the police complaint, the survivor had earlier fallen for a man who introduced himself under a pseudonym and had allegedly raped her on the pretext of marriage. After the woman came to know of his real identity, she lodged an FIR and stated that he was forcing her to convert her faith. During investigation, the accused constable approached her and said he could help.