19 booked over alleged sodomy of 20-year-old in Ranchi jail

Ranchi: A man has filed a police complaint against 19 people, including officials of the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi, alleging his 20-year-old son was sodomised and forced to consume narcotics when he was lodged there as an undertrial prisoner, an officer said on Thursday, November 12.

It has also been alleged that the victim’s written complaint was torn up and he was denied medical care in jail.

“An FIR was lodged at the Khelgaon police station on Thursday based on the complaint. An investigation has been initiated into the case,” Sadar Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Besra told PTI.

The complainant, a resident of the Ratu police station area, said his son was lodged in jail as an undertrial prisoner in connection with a case and he was acquitted of all charges on June 12.

The victim was in mental trauma after his release from jail and narrated the whole ordeal to his family, a police official said, citing the complaint lodged by the victim’s father.

He alleged that undertrial “gangs” in the jail sodomised him on three occasions and forced him to consume narcotics, the officer said.