NCSC issues notice to police officers in SC woman's rape case

Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 22:34 [IST]

Indore, Sep 13 (UNI) The National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) today issued notices to the IG (Gwalior), the Morena Collector and the SP in connection with a SC woman being paraded nude and raped.

Taking cognizance of newspaper report in a evening daily, NCSC member Phoolchand Verma sought information regarding action taken in the matter within a week.

He directed to make available assistance to the victim under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

According to the newspaper report, a woman in Morena district's Lohabasai village was paraded nude and later raped by three persons over a land-related dispute.

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