Rape case filed after two years, following court order

A rape case has been filed against the manager of a madrasa and two others, on the orders of a court in Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

A 24-year-old teacher was not allowed to file a First Information Report at the police station, on the grounds that she was raped two years ago. According to the teacher, she had gone to the madrasa to collect her salary during the COVID-19 lockdown and was raped on the premises by the manager and two others.

She told the police, “I was called at the madrasa by the manager, R.A. Khan, on April 16, 2020, for my pending salary. After reaching the madrasa with my younger brother, the manager asked me to stay back and sent my brother home. He and two of his friends -- Nazrul Khan and Muzahid Khan -- then offered a sedative-laced cold drink and I fell unconscious. After that they sexually assaulted me.”

The teacher, who has been working at the madrasa since 2017, added, “I remained quiet all these months out of fear as they threatened me with dire consequences. But, recently, the accused tried to abduct me and I had to do something about it.” 

She said that the madrasa manager used to harass her often with obscene conversation and she had raised the matter with her seniors, who had warned over his behaviour.

When the police refused to register a case, she successfully sought justice from the local court.

According to an officer at the Alapur Station, “An FIR has been registered under IPC sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntary causing hurt), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) against all three persons named in the complaint. The complainant will be sent for medical tests and further action will be taken as per the law.”