On Friday, Patna City SP Anwar Hussain said an FIR had been lodged with the Gandhi Maidan police against a man called Rakesh Kumar and a few other persons whose identities are not yet known. A second FIR pertaining to rape has been filed at the Kotwali police station on the basis of the victim’s statement against Kumar and two other unidentified persons. Cops are raiding several places to arrest them.A third complaint was filed under the Immoral Traffic Act against the owner and the manager of the hotel, where the woman was staying. Both the owner and the manager were arrested on
Hussain said the woman, a native of Dumka in Jharkhand, told police that Kumar had called her to Patna promising her a job. He said the victim had been sent for medical tests. “The results of the tests are yet to come,” he added. In the Assembly, the Opposition alluded the molestation in full public view to Draupadi’s ‘chirharan’. Opposition members trooped into the well carrying newspaper clippings and placards and chanted ‘Mahila utpiran band karo’, ‘Chirharan band karo’, ‘Mahila ko suraksha do’ etc. The House proceedings were stalled several times as the Opposition sought an adjournment motion over what they described as a “shameful happening”. The state Legislative Council, too, witnessed uproarious scenes. Congress MLC Mahachandra Prasad Singh moved an adjournment motion which acting council chairman Arun Kumar rejected. Kumar said the government will reply on Monday. Several RJD members, including Ghulam Gaus and Nawal K Yadav, slammed police for not taking action. “It reminded us of Draupadi’s ‘chirharan’,” Gaus said. Water resources minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav informed the state legislative council that a police inquiry into the incident was on. The disrobing incident has put CM Nitish Kumar on the back foot. In the House, he had to hear Opposition jibes like ‘sushashan nahi, ye Dushashan hai, chir haran ka sashan hai’. Nitish described the stripping of the woman in public view as a ‘slur on a civilized society’. He said, “The moment I came to know about it, I asked police to take stern action. The mobile police van should have been at the spot in 10 minutes. But it didn’t happen.” He said action has been initiated against the guilty cops. He added that two policemen in mufti saved the woman
