A 27-year-old woman was raped for many days by three people, including a father and a son, before being sold for Rs 60,000. She left the wedding ‘mandap’ when she realised she had been sold and was being forced to marry.
On Tuesday evening, a strange incident occurred in the Ratibad police station region of Bhopal. Three people have been charged with rape and fraud by the police.
The woman, who lives in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, was married seven years ago to a guy who lives in the Bajaria police station area of Bhopal. Her in-laws kicked her and her spouse out of the house since it was a love marriage. The two shared a leased residence in the same neighbourhood.
According to sources, woman’s husband was arrested on charges of rape and sent to jail a month back. Thereafter, her in-laws took custody of her son and forced her to leave the locality. The woman took a rented house in Chholda Mandir locality.
In her statement to police, the woman said she met Ravi who promised to help her. Ravi was ready to bear all expenses and took her to his house. The woman told the police that Ravi raped her on many occasions. Later, his father Ramesh also raped her, threatening he would defame her if she revealed it to anyone. The duo later sold her to a man in Vidisha district for Rs 60,000 and forced her to get married. Brother-in-law of Ravi, Lokelsh helped the duo to sell her.
Ratibad police station incharge Sudesh Tiwari said trio accused had sold the woman to Tarvan Kumar Prajapati, a resident of Vidisha district. “Tarvan had given Rs 60,000 to Lokesh. As per deal, the wedding was to take place at Dhaba in Ratibad area. The trio took the woman to Dhaba, where they forced her to marry Tarvan. As the woman was not ready to marry, she somehow escaped from there and reached Chhola Mandir area,” Tiwari told Free Press.
As Tarvan and his family members created ruckus at Dhaba, a police team reached the spot and took them to the police station. “We have registered a case of fraud and a case of rape on complaint of Tarvan and woman, respectively. As rape incidents took place under Chhola Mandir police station area, the case diary has been transferred there,” Tiwari said.
