VARANASI: After the allegations of gang rape made by a woman of Malokhar village under Mughalsarai police station in Chandauli district proved false the men in khaki decided to initiate legal action against the woman and her husband.

It may be recalled here that a woman of Malokhar made a complaint with police on June 5 alleging that a youth reached her house on June 3 and informed that her husband, an auto driver, was injured in an accident in Varanasi. She along with her two kids left for Varanasi immediately with the youth. She alleged that initially she was confined in a room in Saraiyya area, and on June 4 night, she was taken to Shivpur locality where six persons raped her before her kids. On returning home on June 5 she narrated the story to her husband and later the matter was reported to police.

The cops swung into action immediately. After taking all the six accused people in custody for interrogation, they sent the woman to hospital for medical examination. According to the inspector of Mughalsarai, the report of medical examination made it very clear that the woman had not been raped.

When the police interrogated the woman she confessed that she had made a false accusation. She said that a trolley was stolen from her village following which one Kadir of Saraiyya and his companions doubted her husband's involvement in the theft case due to which he was allegedly tortured. She said that to teach a lesson to Kadir and his companions she decided to lodge a false case of gang rape against them. Police said that following the same developments it was decided to initiate legal action against the woman and her husband for lodging a fake case with police.

