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Rape attempt by soldiers: Cops to file report

Source: PTI
June 29, 2007 15:11 IST
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The Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission on Friday sought a detailed report from the state Director General of Police on the alleged attempt by two army men to rape a 17- year-old girl in Bandipora district.

Taking a suo-moto cognisance in the case, commission Chairman Justice (retd) M Y Kawoos asked DGP Gopal Sharma to furnish a detailed report by or before July 30, a spokesman of the commission said.

The two army personnel accused of attempting to rape a minor girl inside her house at Kunan in Bandipora on Tuesday are in police custody.

The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bandipora, has ordered recording of the victim's statement under Section 166
CrPC. The victim was medically examined and the report is awaited.

Police registered a case against the two soldiers on Wednesday following protests by locals who thrashed the accused and paraded them naked. People alleged that the soldiers, dressed in civilian clothes and posing as militants, barged into the house of Mohammad Rafiq Khan in Kunan-Bandipora and tried to rape the girl. The victim alleged that the soldiers beat her up and tore her clothes.
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