The woman approached the court after no action was taken by the police on her complaint. | Photo Credit: Representative Image

Key Highlights FIR against UP Police officer for raping a woman Accused police officer has bee identified as Arun Kumar, in-charge of Katai Mill police outpost Two other men have also been named in the FIR

Bareilly: A 21-year-old woman has accused a policeman of the Uttar Pradesh police of raping her. A case has now been filed against the accused policeman after direction from the court.

The accused police officer has been identified as Arun Kumar, in-charge of Katai Mill police outpost.

Two other persons have also been named in the FIR for raping the victim in Bareilly district on Wednesday.

According to a report in PTI, the case against the accused has been filed on Tuesday night after a court-ordered filing of the FIR.

The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Piyush Siddharth ordered a case against Arun Kumar on the basis of the statement of the girl. The woman approached the court after no action was taken by the police on her complaint. The victim alleged that she was gang-raped by three men on August 21 this year.



In a similar incident, a teenage girl alleged that four persons including an Army jawan raped her in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh. The girl was allegedly raped on November 29, but the FIR in the case was filed on December 7 after the girl's father met Auriya SP to file a complaint.

The police initially did not file an FIR in the case and the girl's father met the SP to file the case. The victim named four persons in the FIR including an Army jawan and his brother.

Police had filed a case under sections of rape, criminal intimidation, robbery and wrongful confinement against the four accused. According to police, the incident took place when the girl was on her way to a coaching institute at 2 pm on November 29. She was abducted by four men in an SUV. The survivor alleged that the accused took turns to rape her for two hours. She was later dumped at an isolated spot.