Morena (Madhya Pradesh): A man was arrested for allegedly getting his wife raped by two friends in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior on Thursday. The accused man got his wife raped to punish her for being unable to conceive a child.
The other two accused have also been arrested.
The victim woman's mother filed a complaint against her son-in-law in the Mata Basaiya police station area of Morena. The complaint said that the accused man allegedly took his wife to a field on a motorcycle at night. He stopped the bike at an isolated field, where his two friends were already waiting for him. He, then, started abusing his wife and asked his friends to rape her.
The victim's mother, in the complaint, further stated that her daughter, despite being married to her son-in-law Kamlesh for six years, had not been able to conceive a child. Angry, Kamlesh committed the crime.
On February 6, 2024, her daughter, accompanied by her husband, was on her way from her in-laws' village to Morena. In the darkness, her son-in-law diverted the bike towards Gram Kheda and took her to a field of mustard crops. There, two unknown individuals were called upon by her son-in-law, who then sexually assaulted her daughter. The perpetrators threatened her daughter not to disclose the incident or else they would kill her.
Upon receiving the complaint, the Mata Basaiya police station registered a case under Sections 376, 506, 120B, and 109 of the Indian Penal Code based on the statements of the victim and initiated an investigation. During the investigation, the victim's statement under Section 164 was recorded in court, where she accused her husband, Kamlesh, of planning the crime with the help of two unknown accomplices.
Recognizing the severity of the case, the Superintendent of Police had announced a reward of Rs 3,000 on each of the accused. Under the guidance of the station in-charge, Jaypal Singh Gurjar, a team was formed to investigate the matter thoroughly. The team examined CCTV footage around the incident site and conducted inquiries with locals. Consequently, all three were arrested.
