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Accusing entire force for a rape case unfair: Sheila Dikshit

In the wake of the alleged rape of a woman in a police station in New Delhi,CM Sheila Dikshit said that accusing the entire force for the incident was ‘unfair’.

In the wake of the alleged rape of a woman in a police station in New Delhi,Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said that accusing the entire force for the incident was “unfair.”

“You cannot pinpoint this is the person or that is the organization (responsible for incidents like rape). I think that would be unfair,” she told reporters here.

The Chief Minister has already directed the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) to probe allegations that an SHO and four others raped the woman in Inderpuri police station in Southwest Delhi.

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Expressing sympathy with the victim,Dikshit said,“we are disturbed when these incidents happen. We have to go deeper into it and see what police does (in the case).” An FIR has been registered which is now being investigated by crime branch while the SHO has been sent to Police Lines to ensure “free and fair probe”.

The woman who resides in a slum in Inderpuri,claimed she was raped by the SHO and four other policemen on Monday.

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