Cops suspended for torturing woman

BEHRAMPORE: Three policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Hariharpara police station, were suspended after the wife of an accused complained of sexual assault by the trio and three home guards. The latter were demobilized.
“We have suspended Hariharpara police station OC Sandip Sen, ASI Dipak Das, constable Somenath Shikdar and demobilized three home guards.Inquiry has been started under additional SP Anappa E,” said Murshidabad SP Bharatlal Meena .
The woman’s husband, who is accused in a case of violence, is on the run. She alleged that on the night of November 30, the three policemen and the home guards came to her house in Hariharpara’s Tartipur and asked for her husband.
When she said she did not know about his whereabouts, they allegedly verbally abused and physically and sexually assaulted her.
After a round of torture at home, the policemen allegedly picked her up in their van and kept assaulting her all the way. Once at the police station, she was thrown into the lock-up and another round of brutal sexual assault followed.
“They used filthy language and kept hitting me below the waist. I passed out and when I came around, I found myself in hospital,” the woman said. “What can I do if my husband does not return home? I want those culprits punished.” Her condition is still critical.