'Who gave you utmost pleasure', cops asked rape survivor in Kerela

A woman in Kerela, who was allegedly gang-raped by her husband’s friends, was forced to withdraw her complaint after being humiliated by the police.The incident came to light after dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi wrote a post on social media revealing the humiliation faced by the woman by the police.

"Which one of them gave you the greatest pleasure?" the woman was allegedly asked by a police officer, wrote Bhagyalakshmi in her post.

In the post, Bhagyalakshmi also narrated the incident details. Earlier this year, when the victim's husband was away, four of his friends came to her house in Thrissur, around 280 km from state capital Thiruvananthapuram, and claimed he was in the hospital. "She trusted them...so she went with them, but they took the car to a different route, outside the city. She was taken outside the city, raped by four of her husband's friends one after the after...One of them holds a high post in a political party," Bhagyalakshmi said in the Facebook post.

The victim could only reveal her ordeal to her husband three months later, following which he asked her to file a police complaint. "I was called to the police station for four days continuously and made to sit there from morning to evening. I was asked humiliating questions," the woman said. She also alleged that the police harassed her and forced her to withdraw the case.

The post has been widely shared on social media and has forced Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's office to take note and promise action.