Kaithal, Haryana: A 16-year-old girl and her mother were raped by a cop in a village here last month, following which the police booked 18 people, including 7 policemen.
The victim told senior officers that the main accused, who was an ASI-rank police officer, raped them at their house here last month, while other accused, including a sarpanch and former sarpanch of the village, stood outside the house and supported him.
A case was registered on Wednesday against the 18 people on the basis of the girl's complaint. Among the policemen who were booked was a head constable and a constable-rank officer.
Besides the rape charge, the case was registered under IPC sections pertaining to punishment for voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful confinement, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Kaithal Superintendent of Police Aastha Modi said here Thursday.
She said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a DSP-rank officer was constituted to further investigate the case.
About three months ago, the minor girl had lodged a molestation complaint against her father, but she later retracted her allegations, the police said.
