Dalit woman sanitation worker raped by village head in salary slip trap in UP; case filed

SHAHJAHANPUR: Police have registered a case after a village head was accused of confining and raping a Dalit woman sanitation worker who had gone to his house for signing her salary slip, officials said on Wednesday.Additional superintendent of police (city) Devendra Kumar said the alleged incident occurred on May 18.The 40-year-old woman, who was appointed as a sanitation worker on compassionate grounds after the death of her husband, alleged that the village head had called her to his house on the pretext of signing her salary slip, Kumar said.The woman alleged in her complaint that after she reached the house, the accused locked the door, tied her hands and raped her, the officer said.She alleged that the accused later abused her using casteist remarks and threatened her with consequences if she disclosed the incident to anyone.Police on Tuesday night registered a case under sections 64(1) (rape), 352 (intentional insult) and 351(3) (causing hurt) of the BNS and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Kumar said.The victim has been sent for medical examination and further investigation is underway, he added.(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)