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Port Blair, Jan 09: The 60 year old lady who had initially reported to police that she was molested by two youths at Panchawati area of Middle Andaman on 25, December night, has now changed her statement and has alleged that she was actually raped.
The lady along with her son in law has recently met the Assistant Commissioner of Mayabunder and demanded an inquiry on this issue. Following which the Assistant Commissioner has asked the Police Department to conduct inquiry and take necessary action.
However, police department is also investigating whether the lady is lying as on the day of incident she had reported police that she was molested but after three days she changed her statement, suddenly and said she was actually raped.
Even the Doctor who had examined the lady on 25 December 2012 has accepted that on the day of incident she had only said that she was molested.
According to report on 25th December 2012 the lady, who has a senior citizen certificate, was returning from one of her relatives’ house after celebrating Christmas in the evening at around 6.00 PM, she was molested by these youths.
“There is some dispute between the family members of the lady and the accused, may be that is the reason that she want to trap them this time. However, we are conducting thorough inquiry in this regard and conducted medical examination of the lady,” said a police officer, who does not want his name to be quoted.
Meanwhile both the accused, Juru Toppo (30 yrs) and Astva Uraon aged 20 (yrs) , were arrested by Police on the same day but they were given bail by court on the next day.
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