Varanasi: Police arrested the mother of a minor rape survivor on Thursday after investigators found her alleged involvement while probing a case registered under the Pocso Act.Police said the woman had initially filed a complaint accusing her husband, the girl’s stepfather, of raping the minor, threatening to kill her when she resisted, and later luring her away.Based on her complaint, an FIR was lodged at Mirzamurad police station in Varanasi.The stepfather, named as the main accused, was arrested on Sept 3 and sent to jail. Station in charge Gopal Ji Kushwaha said that during investigation, police recorded the girl’s statement and examined other evidence.On the basis of the statement and facts that emerged, the complainant’s role appeared suspicious and she was marked wanted in the case.Police said she arrived at the police station on Thursday to inquire about the matter and was arrested after legal formalities. A court later sent her to jail.
