Annual Report 2012-2013 4.109 Pursuant to the directions of the Commission, a report dated 12 October 2011 was received from the Superintendent of Police, District South Bastar, Dantewada. The report revealed that the two accused B. K. Lala and Linga Kodopi were trapped by the police team on 9 September 2011 on the pretext that they were handing over an amount of ` 15,00,000 to naxalites Vinod and Raghu through a woman named Soni Sori at Palnar market on behalf of M/s Essar Company. It was further stated that the accused Linga Kodopi along with Soni Sori had acted as a middleman in the payment of money to naxalites on many earlier occasions. Accordingly, the cash and vehicle involved in the matter were seized, the accused arrested and a case No. 26/2011 u/s 121 / 124 A, 120 B IPC, 39 (1), 40 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and 8 (2, 3) Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act was registered at Kua Konda Police Station. Soni Sori was arrested on 4 October 2011 in Delhi with the help of the Delhi Police Crime Branch. 4.110 It was also reported that the nephew of Soni Sori, namely, Lingaram Kodopi (aged 25 years) was arrested by Chhattisgarh Police on the charges of facilitating protection money for Maoists from Essar Steel. In addition, the victim Soni Sori had apprehended threat to her life alleging that the State Police had tried to kill her in an encounter on 11 September 2011. 4.111 The Commission vide its proceeding on 26 September 2012 directed to depute a team from the Investigation Division to look into the circumstances in which Soni Sori was held. The Commission made sure that its Investigation Division team had one woman officer. 4.112 Pursuant to the directions of the Commission, a team from the NHRC visited the Central Jail in Raipur from 31 October 2012 to 2 November 2012 where Soni Sori was kept. The team spoke to Soni Sori, the alleged victim, in the female ward of the Central Jail. The team also examined and recorded statements of some other co-prisoners in the female ward where Soni Sori was lodged. The team recorded the statements of jail officials and Medical Officer as well who dealt with Soni Sori. 4.113 The NHRC team found that the overall conditions in which Soni Sori was kept in the Central Jail, Raipur were satisfactory and she too did not complain about anything. However, it was alleged by her that she was stripped naked for purposes of checking and that the prescribed procedure was not being followed in her case. It was further alleged that she was being singled out and stripped in the jail hall in the presence of other women co-prisoners. The team moreover learnt that Soni Sori underwent medical examination at NRS Medical College, Kolkata on the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. As per the report of the Medical Superintendent, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, two foreign objects were removed from the vagina and rectum of Soni Sori. 4.114 Besides, the NHRC team learnt that Soni Sori did not consume food after the two stripping incidents on 1 July and 13 July 2012 on account of humiliation meted out to her. NHRC 43