A 21-year-old woman, who was allegedly gang-raped in Motihari in Bihar’s East Champaran district, was subjected to a two-finger test despite a ban by the Supreme Court, the National Commission for Women is believed to have said in its report.
The women body on Wednesday shared the report with the Prime Minister’s Office and also sought an appointment with Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss its concern about the Bihar police administration.
While the NCW Chairperson did not divulge the details of the report, a source said it mentions that the alleged rape survivor had to undergo the two-finger test, which was banned by the Supreme Court in 2013 holding that it violated the right of rape survivors’ to privacy.
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The report also questioned the role of doctors, alleging that they deliberately brush aside cases of rapes by meddling with test reports, the source claimed.
NCW is also expected to discuss with the Home Minister its concern about the Bihar police administration, the source said.
The Commission had instituted the inquiry into the gang-rape and one of its members had visited the town as part of a fact-finding mission.
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Two Union ministers from Bihar, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Minister of State for Human Resources Development Upendra Kushwa, who had met the woman’s family last week, compared the case with the December 16 gang-rape incident.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar too has come under Opposition fire over “increasing lawlessness” in the State.
The incident had taken place nearly a week ago. Five men, who had stormed into the woman’s hut, dragged her out and gang-raped her in front of her parents and neighbours. The accused had allegedly inserted a pistol and a wooden stick in her private parts.
Five persons have been arrested in connection with the case and two policemen suspended for dereliction of duty. PTI