Probe intensifies in surrogate mother rape case

AHMEDABAD: Investigations into the surrogate woman’s complaint of rape has got the city crime branch probing “all angles”. While the cops wait for the medical report of the victim, they have started probing into the backgrounds of the accused Rajkumar Jadav, a resident of Nadiad and the victim, who stays in Ahmedabad.
“This is a very rare case. One of the first where a surrogate mother has registered a complaint of rape against a man whose daughter she gave birth to recently.We are taking no chances and will let the evidences do the talking. There is several unexplained factors in this case which we hope to resolve during course of investigation,” said officials of the Mahila police station who are investigating the case.
One of the issues that have drawn the cops’ attention is the gap of 10 months between the birth of Rajkumar’s girl child in October, 2011 and the complaint filed against him recently. “Initially, the trouble between the victim and Rajkumar was financial. The victim claims that Rajkumar had promised to pay her Rs 2 lakh for the surrogacy but he never kept his promise after the initial payment of Rs 40,000. But, the woman had not registered any breach of trust complaint against Rajkumar,” said police sources.
“Usually, in such cases the fee is always paid before the baby is handed over to the parents. But, here money had not changed hands even after the woman handed over the baby to Rajkumar,” said police investigators. “To get to the bottom of this case, we may have to investigate into the parentage of the child. During the next two days, the victim will be inspected at Civil Hospital, to verify her claim,” said officials of the Mahila police station.