The Supreme Court directed the Haryana government, the police and the administration to respond to the plea of the lawyer seeking an independent probe after she claimed she was raped and assualted by police officers in Gurugram.
In Short
- Lawyer alleges rape, assault and beating by cops at Gurugram police station
- She seeks SIT probe and transfer of investigation outside Gurugram
- Supreme Court tells lawyer to approach Chief Judicial Magistrate for relief
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Haryana government, the state police and the Station House Officer (SHO) of Gurugram Sector 50 police station after a lawyer alleged that she was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten by the officials of the same police station.
A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Augustine George Masih issued a notice and asked the Haryana government along with the police and administration to respond to the plea seeking an independent probe.
The lawyer filed a petition on Thursday, alleging that the Gurugram Sector 50 police station officials raped, sexually assaulted and beat her when she went there along with her client in a matrimonial case.
During the hearing on Thursday, the counsel of the petitioner sought from the court to transfer the probe out of Gurugram, arguing there were concerns about whether the probe would be impartial.
The woman also demanded that the matter be probed by an independent agency like a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to ensure a fair and impartial probe into the case.
On May 22, a zero FIR was registered at Delhi’s Subzi Mandi Police Station, naming the SHO of Sector 50, Gurugram. However, later, the case was transferred to the same Gurugram police station where the accused police officials were posted. The alleged incident reportedly occurred on May 21.
The petitioner is a practising lawyer and a Tis Hazari Bar Association executive member. She approached the top court seeking the clubbing or transfer of multiple FIRs, two of which have been filed by her and one against her.
The lawyer also demanded disciplinary action against the accused police officers, and a transfer of the investigation to an independent agency.
India: Top court notice to Haryana after lawyer alleges rape, assault by Gurugram cops
