A case has been registered against six individuals, including two railway police personnel, for allegedly subjecting a 22-year-old woman to repeated sexual assault, intimidation, and wrongful confinement across multiple locations in Karnataka, police said here on Thursday.
The case was registered at the Yadgir Women Police Station based on a written complaint lodged by the survivor after she was rescued by emergency response personnel. The named accused include Mallu alias Mallappa, railway police personnel Sharanappa, another unidentified railway police personnel, Mahesh, Akash alias Pappu, and Harsha alias Sudhakar. she was approached by Mallappa, who claimed to have travelled on the same train and offered assistance While sitting in the waiting area at Yadgir railway station during the early hours. Gaining her confidence on the pretext of marriage, Mallappa took her to a house in the railway station area, claiming it belonged to his relative, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her despite her resistance. Shortly after, two railway police personnel–identified as Sharanappa and another unnamed official–arrived at the spot, threatened the victim, and sexually assaulted her against her will. The continuous ordeal ended when the survivor managed to leave Aland and boarded a bus towards Shahapur. Emergency response personnel intercepted the bus, rescued the victim, and moved her to ‘Shakti Sadan’, a state-run women’s shelter in Yadgir. Following counselling by shelter officials, she narrated the sequence of events and submitted a formal complaint at the Yadgir Women Police Station.
Police said the accused have been booked under several provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including Sections 64(1) (rape), 64(2) (rape by a police officer/person in authority), 70(1) (gang rape), 351(3) (criminal intimidation), and 190 (unlawful assembly). A co-passenger noticed her crying inconsolably and immediately alerted the police emergency helpline 112.
The victim, distressed over domestic issues, had travelled from Bengaluru to Yadgir by train, according to the police report.
