Ranchi: Police in Ranchi, India, have registered a case against 19 people, including officials of Birsa Munda Central Jail, after a 20-year-old former undertrial prisoner allegedly faced sexual assault and was forced to consume narcotics while in custody.
The man's father filed a complaint alleging that his son was sodomised by other inmates on three occasions and forced to consume narcotics during his time in the jail. The complaint also accused jail officials of tearing up the victim's written complaint and denying him medical care.
"An FIR was lodged at the Khelgaon police station on Thursday based on the complaint. An investigation has been initiated into the case," Sadar Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Besra told PTI.
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The complainant, a resident of the Ratu police station area, said his son had been lodged in the jail as an undertrial prisoner in connection with a case. He was acquitted of all charges on June 12.
According to the complaint, the victim was in mental trauma after his release and later narrated the alleged incidents to his family.
A police official, citing the father's complaint, said the victim had alleged that undertrial groups inside the jail sexually assaulted him on three occasions and forced him to consume narcotics.
The allegations are under investigation.
