Hyderabad: A Station House Officer (SHO) in Hyderabad has been booked and suspended from the service for allegedly raping the wife of an accused arrested by him. The accused was identified as Nageshwar Rao. The police officer was posted as the Circle inspector or SHO of Maredpally police station when he allegedly raped the woman, attacked her husband, threatened him with a revolver, and kidnapped them on the intervening night of July 7 and 8.
A case of rape, criminal trespass, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and under the Arms Act was registered against the officer at Vanasthalipuram police station Police have formed special teams to arrest Nageshwar Rao, who is currently absconding. The victim lodged a complaint at Vanasthalipuram police station on July 8, 2022, stating that in the year 2018 a case was registered against the complainant's husband by Task Force and the case was investigated by CI Nageshwar Rao.
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Later the complainant's husband was hired by Nageshwar Rao at his farmhouse as a monthly paid employee till February 2021. On July 7, 2022, at about 9.30 pm, Inspector Nageshwar Rao trespassed into the complainant's house at Vanasthalipuram and beat her up and raped her. In the meantime, the complainant's husband reached there and kicked the door and beat the Inspector with sticks.
Nageshwar Rao threatened the complainant and her husband with the revolver and threatened them to vacate Hyderabad; if they did not vacate, then a brothel case will be filed against them. He then forcibly took the couple in his car towards Ibrahimpatnam. While they are going in a car, they met with an accident at Ibrahimpatnam lake on July 8. While the complainant and her husband escaped from there and lodged a complaint with the police. Hyderabad Police Commissioner C V Anand has suspended Nageshwar Rao from service and ordered for investigation.
