One more hearing-and-speech impaired tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh
has lodged a police complaint against the director of a hostel in Bhopal
for allegedly raping her after showing pornographic material to her.
A case was registered here last night against Ashwini Sharma, the
hostel's director, on the basis of the complaint filed by the
23-year-old woman, a native of Dhar district, Indore's Hira Nagar police
station in-charge Mahendra Singh Bhadauria said today.
The victim, in her complaint, has accused Sharma of raping her after
showing pornographic material to her, the official said, but did not
divulge any further details.
The alleged incident occurred between December 2017 and February
2018, when the woman was staying in Sharma's hostel in Bhopal for her
studies, Bhadauria said.
Based on her complaint, a case was registered under IPC sections 376
(rape), 377 (unnatural offence) and the relevant provisions of the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The case diary was being transferred to the Bhopal Police for further investigation, Bhadauria said.
Sharma was arrested in Bhopal on August 8 after another 20-year-old
deaf-and-mute woman lodged a police complaint, accusing him of
repeatedly raping her during her stay in the hostel over the last three
years.
So far, four FIRs have been lodged by the police on the basis of
separate complaints from four deaf-and-mute women, including two
sisters, accusing Sharma of sexually exploiting them.
The police had earlier said the accused used to run a hostel for
hearing-and-speech impaired people in the Awadhpuri area of Bhopal.