Woman Alleges Rape by Former Minister Harak Singh Rawat, Demands CBI Investigation

On Saturday, the woman told the first press conference that she had come to Dehradun in October 2002. She was 16 at the time. She said she had stayed in Yamuna Colony for about two months. The woman alleged that former minister Harak Singh Rawat raped her. She said that Harak Singh Rawat was in power at the time and because of his influence, she did not get any help. The woman alleged that she was put in a madhouse. She was pregnant and a lot happened to her, but no one supported her. She said that she was threatened out of there and asked to sign the documents. According to the woman, the CBI team had come to meet her in the madhouse only once. In the press conference, the woman said that she did not know Hindi and that what happened to her would not happen to anyone else. She demanded a CBI investigation into the case and a DNA test again. When her son's DNA test was not done, she said that her father's name was decided by the Chief Minister.