SHO, SI suspended in Noida over 'omission' of key sections in rape case

NOIDA: (Mar 20) Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this week, officials said on Friday.

The action came after it was found that certain key sections were not included in the FIR lodged on March 17 at Phase-3 police station.

According to police, an FIR was initially registered under sections 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 308 (extortion) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).