This story is from June 20, 2014

BAREILLY: An FIR filed by a woman against five persons, including her husband and brothers-in-law, for holding her hostage and repeatedly raping her, was proved false during investigation. Police said she had cooked up the entire story to extract Rs 7 lakh from those named in the complaint.

The woman in question was found allegedly in an unconscious state with her clothes askew on NH-24 in Bareilly's Fatehganj (west) on June 12 at around 5 am. In her complaint, she claimed that her in-laws physically assaulted her over dowry and hence, she left their home and filed a case

in December 2013. But, she had to withdraw it after her in-laws started threatening her. On March 21, her in-laws kidnapped her on her way to the market by dragging her into a car. She told police that they held her after her kidnapping, she was held hostage and repeatedly gang-raped her.

However, probe exposed that the woman was staying in Moradabad with her sister's boyfriend, Lalit Tiwari , and also working in a beauty parlour, during the time she claimed her in-laws held her captive. On June 11, her mother made injury marks on her body using bangles. "The woman's sister, a friend Chandani and Tiwari dropped her at NH-24 early in the morning and went back to Moradabad. The woman consumed sleeping pills," said Sudhir Pal Dhama , SHO, Fatehganj (west). Medical reports also ruled out rape.

"We have arrested Tiwari who has confessed. The woman had faked her gang rape to extract Rs 7 lakh which her in-laws had denied her after she filed the dowry case. We would take action against them for faking the case," said Dhama.

