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Goa cop acquitted in sexual abuse case
Goa Cop Acquitted In Sexual Abuse Case. A Goa court today acquitted a suspended head constable who alongwith two other policemen was accused of sexually abusing a woman at a police station.
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Panaji: A Goa court today acquitted a suspended head constable who alongwith two other policemen was accused of sexually abusing a woman at a police station.
District Judge?B P Deshpande acquitted Waman Naik, giving him benefit of doubt.
Head constables Naik and Santosh Vengurlekar and constable Vijay Gaikwad were suspended on December 6, 2012, after a commercial sex worker filed a complaint against them with the Goa crime branch.
The crime branch alleged that Naik had "forcible sexual intercourse with a commercial sex worker, tried to extort protection money and demanded sexual favours from her in 2010-11."
Naik was arrested in January 2013 after his anticipatory bail was rejected. The other two accused policemen were also arrested and a charge sheet was filed against them. The hearing of their cases is on in court.
A commercial sex worker had complained that she was brought to Calangute police station and sexually abused by Naik and the two other policemen in 2011.
A local NGO, working for the cause of women, had helped the victim to file the complaint with the crime branch.
