Pratapgarh: A special judge here has directed the police to lodge a first information report (FIR) against a former station house officer (SHO) for physically assaulting a rape survivor.The survivor, a woman, was allegedly raped by one Karan Saroj at her house on February 1, 2021.She had initially lodged a complaint regarding the matter at Antu Police Station and was taken for a medical examination on February 6.On February 8, according to her complaint, the woman met Praveen Kushwaha, the then SHO of Antu Police Station, and appealed to him to lodge an FIR.Kushwaha, instead of filing her report, manhandled her and used a casteist slur against her, she wrote in her complaint.While hearing the matter on Friday, special judge (SC/ST) Monika Thakur ordered police to lodge an FIR against Kushwaha under relevant sections of the law.The survivor had in her complaint, filed on February 1, 2021, alleged that one Karan Saroj raped her when she was alone at her house.The woman had alleged that a female relative of the accused, one Usha Saroj, was also present at the time of the incident and had asked the accused to kill her to avoid any controversy.