Five policepersonnel, including two women attached to Aldur policestation in this district, were today placed under suspensionfollowing allegations by a woman that three policemen rapedher while she was in their custody, police said.
Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy told reporters herethat sub-inspector K R Shivakumar, constables Gururaj, K BMahesh, woman constable Krithika and woman assistantsub-inspector Nandita Shetty have been suspended pending probeon the complaint filed by the victim.
The victim alleged that the three policemen sexuallyassaulted her on February 18 in Bangalore when they took herinto custody in connection with a gold chain theft case.
The two women police personnel were present when thevictim was taken into custody.
The woman and the policemen have been subjected tomedical examination and the report is awaited, Reddy said.