A constable of the India Reserve Battalion (IRB), Haryana Police, committed suicide on Friday after allegedly raping a 28-year-old woman who had earlier been sexually assaulted by an auto-driver.

The body of Bal Kishan, 38, was found on railway tracks near the Gurgaon railway station around 5.45 pm on Friday. He was identified by officers of the Government Railway Police through his identity card and mobile phone. The police suspect he ended his life for fear of legal action.



According to the police, the 28-year-old married victim was first lured to a deserted location in Bhondsi by an autodriver, Mahendra, who had promised her help in arranging a loan.



The driver, a resident of Jharsa village, then allegedly raped her. Later, as Mahendra was on his way to Badshahpur with the victim, the auto was stopped outside the IRB training centre at Bhondsi by Bal Kishan, who asked the driver to show him his licence and the vehicle's registration papers.



"Mahendra didn't have the documents at hand and went to fetch them, leaving the woman in the auto," said Ram Chandra Singh, SHO, Badshahpur police station. Bal Kishan took the woman to his residential quarters at the training centre and raped her, and later left her at Subhash Chowk.



"We registered an FIR against Mahendra and Bal Kishan after the victim's medical examination confirmed rape," Singh added. Mahendra was arrested on Friday.