Thiruvananthapuram (India): A 37-year-old Dalit social worker, who is also a social media activist, was allegedly raped by a senior software engineer working in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Technopark.
According to the details, the accused, Mahesh Parameswaran, an IT employee, is also a social worker and runs HOPE Charity Trust, Thiruvananthapuram. Karamana police have filed an FIR against him under various Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015. However, even after four days, he is yet to be arrested.
Mahesh, who is in his late 30s, befriended the victim through social media. Since the woman was aware of the dangers lurking behind social media relations, she was careful. However, Mahesh gained the trust of her parents first and extended a marriage proposal to her. Not knowing that Mahesh was already married with two children, the family interacted with him politely. When she was asked to accompany him while visiting families who are in dire straits as part of charity work, she reluctantly agreed. He introduced her as his wife to whoever he met, according to South Asian Wire.
The woman from Pappanamcode told media that she was raped on April 28 at her house when she went there to take boiled water for her father who was admitted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital with Covid. “Within hours of the gruesome incident, I got a call that my father had died,” she said.
Fort police Assistant Commissioner S Shaji, who is investigating the case, told media that he got the probe order on Tuesday. “I will start the probe on Wednesday. The FIR is already registered and a proper investigation will be undertaken. Such cases are normally handled by a police official in the rank of a DySP,” said Shaji. Web Desk
