Saturday, May 20, 2006

Mumbai cop raped girl after threatening her

Constable Sunil Atmaram More, the accused in the Marine Drive rape case, has admitted in his statement to the police that he raped the teenager after threatening to inform her parents about seeing her in a compromising position with her friend.The statement was recorded soon after the rape on April 21, at the Marine Drive police station. The case has since been handed over to the Bombay Police's Crime Branch. Medical doctors who examined More after the rape confirmed that the constable told them virtually the same thing. The doctors said the constable was drunk when he raped the teenager.