Bareilly police have arrested a 43-year-old girl for allegedly staging a false abduction and gangrape case by getting a bullet implanted in her shoulder with the assistance of a quack, in an try to border native residents and extort cash from them.
Police have additionally arrested a 50-year-old quack, recognized as Sharafat Khan, and girl’s 48-year-old affiliate, Rohtas, who’s ward boy at a authorities hospital in Bareilly.
The lady and two different accused had been produced earlier than the courtroom, which remanded them to judicial custody, mentioned Superintendent of Police, Bareilly, Manush Pareek. The police have booked the three individuals on costs of extortion, dishonest and legal conspiracy. Police are additionally invoking the Arms Act in opposition to the accused, he added.
Police mentioned that in the course of the investigation, it got here to mild that the girl had deliberate to falsely implicate a public consultant and others to extort cash from them. She meant to border them utilizing the identical technique she had employed in a gangrape case she lodged in 2022.
As a part of the plan, she approached three docs, requesting them to implant a bullet in her shoulder. When all of them refused, she allegedly turned to a quack, who agreed to hold out the process in alternate for Rs 2,500.
The police added that the 50-year-old ward boy, who was allegedly concerned within the planning, had procured the bullet that was later implanted within the girl’s shoulder.
Based on the police, after receiving info on March 29 {that a} girl had been shot, a group reached the spot and took her to the hospital for therapy. The lady claimed that 5 males kidnapped her in a automobile whereas she was on her method to a medical retailer, raped her, and shot her earlier than leaving her injured.
In the course of the investigation, police examined her name information and picked up CCTV footage, which allegedly confirmed the girl arriving on the spot on her personal and utilizing her cellphone constantly, casting doubt on her assertion. Her medical report additionally raised suspicion, as there was no entry wound—suggesting that the bullet was positioned beneath the pores and skin somewhat than fired.
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In the course of the investigation, police regarded into the girl’s background and located that she had made comparable allegations in 2022, together with claims of being shot at.
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