THE FRIEND SHE RAN TOWARDS

Her statement was recorded on April 21, 2005. “I heard someone shouting for help from the chowky and a noisy crown around it. When I got there, I saw my friend. Spotting me, she ran towards me and said the constable had raped her. I shouted, demanding that the policeman come out from the chowky, but he wouldn’t. By then, other people had started abusing the constable too. In the meantime, a fleet of police vans came and a man in his 30s narrated the whole incident. The police immediately took More away in a van. My friend and I were also taken to the Marine Drive police station.”

THE GUARD

His statement was recorded on April 22, 2005. “Around 3 pm, as I was doing my rounds around Taraporewala Aquarium, I saw a couple getting cosy. More, who was sitting in the chowky, asked me summon them to the police chowky. I then told them that the constable had asked them to report in the chowky and accompanied them there. I informed More that this was the couple getting cosy and left.”

12 months after crime, he gets 12 yrs in jail

• April 21, 2005: Constable Sunil More, then attached to Marine Drive police station, raped a minor college student after locking her inside a police chowkie on Marine Drive

• April 24, 2005: More dismissed

• July 12, 2005: Chargesheet filed

• September 22, 2005: Trial begins in Sessions Court

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