Three policemen accused of raping and extorting money from a model have been suspended while two officers have been transferred for "inept" handling of this case. Sunil Khatpe, Suresh Suryavanshi and Yogesh Ponde -- they are all policemen from the MIDC Police station in Andheri East -- and have been placed under suspension, a senior officer said. They are among the eight people arrested in the rape-cum extortion case. All are in police custody till April 29.

Khatpe returned at 7 am. "Again Khatpe came and forced himself on me. I begged him to go but he did not relent. I was groped and abused for the second time within two hours," she says.

Later, she went to Cooper Hospital for a check-up and the circle of emotional abuse continued. "When I told a male doctor I am a model and was sexually abused by a policeman, he signalled to his colleague that my complaint didn't seem authentic," she alleges.

Wronged by the 'protectors' and the 'healers' of society, she was left to defend herself. "For me, my dignity is paramount," she says.

She finally lodged a complaint on April 21, as the thought of walking into a police station was traumatising her. "When I narrated my ordeal, he [the Police Commissioner] was shocked and kept apologising," she says.

"After the Delhi gang-rape, friends in the Capital said I should feel safe as I live in Mumbai. I beg to differ today. In Delhi, civilians rape women… In Mumbai, it's the police."

The model's account begs for one question: Prostitute, model, school teacher or nun, is there absolutely any profession that deserves rape?

A representational image of a Mumbai Police Vajra van. Source: Wikipedia