Monday, April 24, 2023

SAMBA POLICE ARRESTED PHE EMPLOYEE FOR COMMITTING RAPE IN THE GUISE OF A 'TANTRIK'; POLICE PRIORITY IS TO CURB CRIME AGAINST WOMEN : SSP SAMBA BENAM TOSH


Samba, April 24 : Under the overall supervision of SSP Samba Benam Tosh, Police has arrested  PHE employee for committing rape on a middle-aged woman in the guise of a 'tantrik' after inducing her to visit his house on the pretext of healing her  skin disease with 'tantra-mantra' , 'charnamrit' & 'vibhuti'. 

   

Police has registered rape case FIR No 23/2023 under section 376 IPC at Police Station Ramgarh, district Samba on the directions of Hon'ble court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Samba and further investigation is underway. The victim middle-aged woman had   filed an application before the court of CJM Samba alleging therein that the accused had committed rape on her posing himself as a 'tantrik' possessing supernatural healing powers  effective enough to  cure her skin disease. She further alleged in the said application that she alongwith her sister had gone to Baba Siddh Goriya temple, Swankha from where the accused took-in her to visit his house where he locked the door from inside, gave 'charnamrit' & 'vibhuti' to her due to which she got unconscious and the accused committed rape on her.Upon The Hon’ble court of CJM Samba got conducted preliminary enquiry through police and on receiving the preliminary enquiry report, issued directions to police u/s 156 (3) CrPC to register FIR under relevant sections of law.  

     

The arrested rape accused has been identified as an employee (Fitter) of PHE department namely Subash Chander s/o Durga Dass r/o village Rarian , tehsil Ramgarh , district Samba. 

   

The arrest was made by police team comprising of SHO police station Ramgarh Sudesh Kumar and PSI Vikrant Kotwal under the supervision of Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary.

     

Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh said that police priority is to curb crime against women in Samba district and all accused , against whom cases of rape  are registered & proved after thorough investigation , shall be arrested under law.

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