Sub-Inspector S N Roy had fled to Bihar on April 13 after taking an unauthorised 'sick leave.' He, however, surrendered before the Court of Judicial Magistrate after three months while evading arrest for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl.
Lambasting the Meghalaya police for reinstating Roy, Civil Society Women’s Organisation (CSWO) president Agnes Kharshiing said, ''Roy is known for trafficking women and young girls to Kolkata. His reinstatement shows that he was providing girls for some big influential people in the home department.'' The women’s organisation also demanded that the law department take such crimes seriously and then forward them to Fast track Courts.
Ms Kharshiing also claimed that the reinstatement of the police officer might be because Roy must be in the know of some infamous crimes perpetrated by some very senior police officers and they may have been obliged to him.
Confirming that the suspension order of Roy was revoked, East Khasi Hills district Superintendent of Police AR Mawthoh, however, said, ''the criminal charges against the accused have not been dropped.'' However, the powerful CSWO strongly felt that the case should have been charge sheeted in the case.
''How can the police now investigate a rape case seriously when the very perpetrator in uniform is being safeguarded and rewarded for his job,'' Ms Kharshiing said.
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