In a shocking incident, a North-Eastern woman was assaulted by DLF phase-1 Station House Officer(SHO) and three other policemen for around nine hours inside the police station on Tuesday night in connection with a theft case.

The victim alleged that the police officials had taken her to a room in the police station and removed her clothes and severely assaulted her fragile limbs.

It is alleged that the lower back was hit so badly that the skin had peeled off. The incident came to the fore only after the people of the Northeast community protested against the policemen.

The woman was trashed so badly that she was not even able to walk.

Taking suo motu action in the case, the Commissioner of Police Mohammad Akil, on Wednesday sent the four policemen to the police lines, including the DLF Phase-1, SHO.

According to the information, a 30-year-old woman originally from Assam was working as a domestic help in a house located in DLF Phase-1, H block. 

On July 31, a theft occurred in the house, in which the owner of the house suspected the two women, including the female domestic help. DLF Phase-1 Police registered a case against the woman and called the suspect to the police station for questioning at 9 am on Tuesday morning.

Around 9 pm, she called her husband and went to him at that time the cops told him to bring the woman back on the next day. At that time the woman was not even in walking condition. Somehow he brought her to their room.

On being informed about the pressure to appear in the police station on Wednesday morning, the northeast organisations associated with Delhi and the surrounding  regions reached the DLF Phase-1 police station. They protested against the police officials and urged them to take action against the accused policemen. 

After meeting them for about five hours, ACP Sadar, Aman Yadav assured action against the culprits. Later the ACP sent the report to top officials. Later in the evening, Commissioner of Police Mohammad Akil said that negligence was committed by the policemen in the investigation of the theft case.

"DLF Phase-1 Police Station Inspector Savit Kumar, Women ASI Madhubala, Head Constable Anil and Women Constable Kavita have been sent to police lines. A

departmental inquiry has been started against the four, in which action will be taken against those found guilty, and a fresh investigation will be conducted from the new station In-charge in the case of theft," Akil said.