A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped just under fear of losing her life for last several months. She finally broke up before her parents revealing her trauma on Friday after which local police was informed and one of the accused was arrested.
Reports said that the victim, a class 12th student of local college in Jaunpur, was held by three accused in the second week of December last year. She was taken to a secluded place where she was gang raped by the accused who also made video of the incident. later before setting her free, the accused not only threatened to defame her by releasing her video but also warned her that she would lose her life if any complaint in this regard will be lodged. later, the accused blackmailed her and kept her sexually exploiting but the girl finally decided to brought the truth to her parents after finding that the accused would exploit her further. She eventually reported the incident to her mother on Friday after which a case has been registered. While one accused was arrested, efforts were on to nab the remaining culprits.
In another sensational incident reported from Etawah, a jilted lover allegedly threw acid on a woman in civil lines area. Irfan (25), allegedly threw acid on the woman in Kanshiram colony on Friday evening in which she sustained 30 per cent burn injuries, Station House Officer Jasbeer Singh disclosed. He said that the woman, who separated from her husband, was having an affair with Irfan for more than a year.The SHO said that on Friday Irfan called the woman to meet him, but she refused after which he attacked her. The woman has been admitted to Sefai hospital.
Meanwhile in a separate case of mishap reported from Etawah, bodies of six people who were reported missing since past five days, were recovered from a canal along with the car they were traveling in, on Saturday. All the deceased who belong to Kanpur have been identified as Sunil Pandey (38), his wife Sangeeta (35), daughter Madhvi (15), son Rajat (13), brother-in-law Ganesh Chaturvedi (25) and a friend Rahul Dwivedi. One Alto car in which they were travelling was also recovered from the canal in Sarai Bhupat area this morning, SSP Dinesh Kumar said. The incident came to light when a boy taking bath near the canal bridge located the car under water and informed the police. SSP said that it appears that the accident took place last night after the driver lost control and the car fell in the canal. Ever since July 27 when the victims had not returned home, their family had been looking for them and on July 30 had also lodged a case of kidnapping. The bodies have been sent for the post mortem and the matter is being probed.
In a separate case reported from Sultanpur, in which a pregnant woman and her minor son were killed while her husband was injured when their motorcycle was hit by a truck near Badhauti trisection under Dostpur police station area. Shabana Khatoon (26) and her 18-month-old son Ubaidullah were killed when their motorcycle was hit by the truck when they were returning home after visiting their relatives on Friday night. The woman’s husband has been admitted to community health centre. Meanwhile, locals staged a protest for over an hour placing the bodies on the road, demanding adequate
compensation for the bereaved family on Saturday afternoon. However, they called off their agitation on assurance of local administration that the issue of compensation will be taken up at the government level.