VISAKHAPATNAM: The City Police have confirmed that an intern at a star hotel was indeed molested by two people on the premises on June 4, saying that the medical report of the victim ruled out rape.
The 23-year-old woman had alleged that she was raped by two people including a former employee, after being taken out for a spin on the town and made to consume alcohol.
Police arrested the two men, Sakineti Sridhar (30) and Kommu Durga (24), on Tuesday and referred the woman to a medical examination. Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Naveen Gulati said that while the medical report showed no evidence of rape, “injury marks on her body suggest that she might have been molested.”
Sakineti Sridhar is a former employee of the hotel and a resident of PM Palem. Kommu Durga is still employed with the hotel and is a resident of China Waltair. A third man, L Vinay Kumar, who booked hotel rooms for the two accused, is on the run.In her complaint to the police on June 8, the intern said she knew Sridhar previously.
Naveen Gulati said that they had examined the eyewitnesses at the hotel, took version of the victim, checked the CCTV footage to ascertain the facts. Giving the details about the case, the DCP said Sridhar came to the victim’s house at 10.45 pm on the night of June 4, and badgered her to go out with him.
She informed her parents and left home with Sridhar at around 11 am.
After driving around in the city, they went to the hotel at around 2.30 am. She said two rooms had been booked by Vinay Kumar, and she was forced to drink alcohol. The woman said she got intoxicated and could not remember the events thereafter.They stayed in the hotel till 5.30 am and left for the house of K Durga, among the accused. The woman stayed there till 9.30 am and came to the hotel for duty at 9.30 am.
However, the hotel staffers told police that she looked disturbed.
“The victims told the staffers that she was having a severe body and stomach pain. She was taken to a hospital,” the police said, quoting the hotel staffers. On June 8, the girl narrated the entire episode to some hotel staffers who made her lodged a complaint at the III-Town police station.
Case details
Sridhar, who is known to victim, came to her house at 10.45 pm on June 4 night, and badgered her to go out with him
She informed her parents and left home at around 11 pm
After driving around in the city, they went to the hotel at around 2.30 am
She was forced to drink alcohol in the hotel
Being intoxicated, the woman could not remember the events thereafter
At 5.30 am, she left for the house of K Durga, among the accused and returned to hotel for duty at 9.30 am
Blood samples sent for testing
ACP (East) Annepu Narasimha Murthy said after the incident was reported in the media, the two accused fled. “We are yet to ascertain whether the accused had added any sedative to drinks. We have collected blood samples of victim and sent to FSL, Hyderabad. If the report finds sedative in the drink, Sections under the Narcotics Act would be invoked,” the ACP said. Earlier, the police registered a case under section 376 (D) of the IPC. Now, case under sections 354 and 109 of the IPC have been registered.