Unable to bear the fact that the policemen who had raped her were not only roaming free but also threatening her to withdraw the complaint, a mother of two consumed poison at the Haryana police headquarters here on Monday.
Sarita, in her early 20s, gave up her fight for justice at the PGI Hospital in front of hundreds of agitated people, her two children and a grieving husband who was allegedly framed in a theft case in Rohtak three months ago.
She was raped on the premises of the Crime Investigating Agency (CIA) building where her husband was lodged in April on the charge of stealing a motorcycle, and chose the police headquarters in Sector 6 to end her life before her daughters Heena (6) and Muskan (3), who were the only eye-witnesses to the incident.
‘‘Maine goli kha li hai (I have swallowed a tablet),’’ said Sarita to ADGP V B Singh while handing him a two-page letter underscoring her plight. ‘‘Despite the fact that DSP Neeraj Setia’s probe had confirmed rape, neither were the policemen arrested nor did the investigating officers bother to get me medically examined. And the accused issued threats after they failed to lure me with money,’’ she wrote. ‘‘I have tried my best to get justice but my voice has gone unheard and now I am committing suicide, and head constable Balraj and constable Silak Ram are responsible for my death,’’ the letter said.
It was Sarita’s second visit to the police headquarters. She was first ther
