#ReportingToRemember Mishrilal Kodapa, Rajesh Tiwari, & SR Yadav from Cheechli Police

Source: The New Indian Express

Source: The New Indian Express

“#ReportingToRemember Cheechli Police- Mishrilal Kodapa, Rajesh Tiwari & SR Yadav for allegedly demanding a bribe of 50,000 INR when a Dalit woman went to report rape. They abused her & arrested her family, driving her to suicide in 2020. ”

On September 28, 2020, a 32-year-old Dalit woman was working in an agricultural field, cutting grass for cattle, in Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. Three men, Arvind and Parsu Choudhury, and Anil Rai gangraped her. According to the police, Arvind and Parsu belong to the same caste as the victim. Anil Rai’s caste has not been reported, though we can infer that ‘Rai’ is a title often used by Rajput castes, historically conferred upon hereditary rulers and zamindars by the Mughals as well as the British.

After the violence, the victim and her family were faced by police inaction and harassment. First, they went to the Gotitoria police station to file an FIR on the day she was raped. The police took a verbal complaint but did not file an FIR. The police also did not conduct a medical examination, which they said would be conducted the next day. The next day too, the police refused to file an FIR. This negligence was allegedly practised by assistant sub-inspector Mishrilal Kodapa, whose caste has not been reported. Fed up by his inaction, the victim’s family went to the Cheechli police station. Instead of lodging an FIR, the police locked the victim’s husband and his elder brother in the lockup and abused the victim. According to her husband, they were held based on a complaint lodged by the accused and had to pay Rs 50,000 as a bribe in order to get released.

Distressed by the harassment and blame the victim and her family faced, she died by suicide on October 2, 2020.

Mishrilal Kodapa was suspended, and Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajesh Tiwari and Gadarwara Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) S R Yadav were transferred as punishment for the harassment meted out to the victim. Tiwaris are Brahmins, and Yadavs are listed as OBC in Madhya Pradesh. According to the police, the victim further faced victim blame and humiliation from Arvind’s father, Motilal, and one Leela Bai, who taunted her when she went to fetch water.

 

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