ROHTAK : Joginder Giri, a sepoy posted in Jammu and Kashmir with the Mechanised Infantry Regiment of the army, has been struggling to get justice for his wife who was allegedly molested by some miscreants at their residence in Sonepat’s Datauli village.

Giri said it all started with protests against an “illegal” liquor vend in their village in April. Upset at the opening of the vend, the village women vandalised it on April 22.

The army jawan said his mother was among 10-15 women who were booked under various sections of IPC and arrested by police.

He said on the same night, six miscreants who ran the alcohol vend came to his house when his wife and little daughter were alone, to get back at them for their family’s involvement in the day’s act. The miscreants molested his wife and robbed Rs 12,000 from house, Giri alleged.

“My wife lodged a complaint with the police, on which they did nothing. They lodged an FIR on July 28, more than three months after the incident, under Sections 148, 149, 354, 380, 452, 457 and 506 of IPC. But the police still have not made any arrest so far,” he said. “This is my fifth leave in this time span. It is affecting my duty,” he added. The police, on the other hand, claimed Giri’s complaint was false. “His wife filed a crosscomplaint because his mother was booked for the violent act and arrested. We did lodge an FIR on his complaint, but their claims have turned out to be false,” said DSP Aryan Chaudhary. However, Giri maintained that the local police was protecting the miscreants.