Marredpally inspector of police K. Nageshwar Rao was booked on charges of raping a woman, who is the wife of an accused he had arrested in 2018, the Hyderabad City Police said on Saturday.
According to the police, the victim approached the Vanasthalipuram Police with a complaint stating that her husband was working for Rao at his farmhouse as an employee till February last year. The victim alleged that one day she was brought against her will to an agricultural land which the inspector owned. She later informed her husband of this who then called Rao and told him to leave his family be. Rao allegedly tried to hush up the matter.
The victim also alleged that an inspector of police, a sub-inspector of police, and constables picked her husband up, took him to the Task Force office where they beat him up. They also reportedly took his pictures with ganja packets, and allegedly threatened him against revealing Rao’s behaviour with the victim.