TUMAKURU: AN assistant police sub-inspector (ASI) attached to the Tumakuru Rural police station is alleged of raping a mentally unstable woman in the wee hours of Sunday.
The accused officer, identified as Umesh (57), has been taken into police custody and placed under suspension. The vehicle was also seized.
Central Range IGP Seemanth Kumar Singh visited the scene of crime and took stock of the situation. “The incident is demoralising for the police force,” he told mediapersons later.
The victim remained in the women’s police station till late in the night. District Women and Child Welfare Deputy Director Nanje Gowda was also waiting at the station to check whether she would be handed over to the department’s reception centre or shifted to a special ward in the district hospital.
According to the victim’s family, she had separated from her husband was mentally ill. At times, she would roam around at night and return home. Some time back, she was found wandering in Bengaluru and had been rescued. “But nothing like this happened in the past,” rued her mother.