State was further rocked with about a dozen crimes in which members of fairer sex were sexually exploited, raped, murdered for dowry etc during last 24-hours.
In Aligarh, body of a 15-year-old girl was found hanging with a tree at mango orchard in Wazidpur area of Dadu, on Wednesday morning. She went to attend call of nature on Tuesday night and went missing. Her family members launched a search and recovered the body on Wednesday morning. local police sent the body for post-mortem and also sought report to confirm whether the girl was sexually assaulted or not. Similarly, in Rae Bareli also, 18-year-old Madhuri, a resident of Bhadhukar, went out on early Wednesday morning to attend call of nature. When she not returned, her family members went for search and recovered his body lying in the nearby fields.
In Sultanpur, a mentally retarded minor girl hailing from Khethara locality of Dhakwa, was raped by a local resident identified as Chotu, for past several months. The incident came to notice when the victim turned pregnant. A case was registered and Chotu was arrested. In Mainpuri, two minor girls went to attend call of nature at Karhal hamlet of Nagariya when they were molested by a local youth identified as Mukesh Jatav. According to police, brother of one of the girl suddenly reached the spot and during scuffle with the accused, he bite his private parts in which Mukesh was critically injured. local police admitted Mukesh to hospital and further action has been on in the matter.
In another case, a 12-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up when he opposed three youths who were eve- teasing his sister-in-law in Muzaffarnagar. Police have registered a case against the three unidentified accused after the incident sparked protest. The incident took place near lisadh village when Anis Ahmad and his sister-in-law were travelling in a bus. The three youths, who were sitting in the bus, started passing lewd comments against the woman. When the boy opposed them, he was assaulted by the accused. Irate locals blocked the road at Ramchal Chowk to protest the incident.
In another incident reported from Meerut, a class 12 student was allegedly raped by a youth at a medical college hospital. In her complaint, the 17-year-old victim alleged that the accused Deepak alias Rahul called her at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Hospital on Friday where he took her to a room and raped her. The accused befriended the victim girl when she came to the hospital to admit her injured brother four months back, following which he told her that he works as a guard in the hospital, police said. Hospital authorities told the police that there is nobody named Deepak or Rahul working in the hospital, they said. “There is nobody with the name, as mentioned by the victim, working in the hospital,” Principal of the college, Dr Pradip Bharti disclosed. Police raided the premises of the college but could not find the accused. In order to nab the accused, police is in touch with the outsourcing agency which is tasked with hiring of guards at the hospital, police said, adding that a case has been registered against him.
In one more incident reported from Rampur, a minor Dalit girl was allegedly raped by a married man at gun-point. The 16-year-old victim had gone to relieve herself in a field in Shahbad Tehsil on Monday night, when the accused allegedly caught hold of her and raped her at gun-point. The accused, Om Singh Yadav (22), who was known to the victim was arrested on Tuesday night. Authorities have announced a compensation of Rs 60,000 under the SC/ST Act for the victim. In a separate case in Bareilly, a vendor was detained at a railway station here for allegedly eve-teasing a minor girl on board
Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani. The 8-year-old girl had boarded the train along with her father, who is an Army jawan. About 1 AM near the Ballia station when all passengers were asleep, the vendor, Ranjeet (22) took her near the toilet and molested her. luckily a passenger reached the spot and Ranjeet escaped. In the morning, the girl identified Ranjeet when he entered the coach following which he was nabbed by the passengers, who informed the railway control room. The vendor was taken into custody by police when the train reached Bareilly station. The girl’s father reported his complaint at Moradabad railway station, police said.
In one more case, a woman and her six-year-old daughter was burnt alive allegedly by her husband and in-laws in Khananka village of Philibhit for not meeting their dowry demands. Police registered an FIR on the basis of a complaint made by Mehndi Hasan who alleged that his daughter Sanno (24) and Rukhsar (6) were burnt alive by her husband and in-laws on Tuesday night in this connection. Police have recovered an iron rod from the scene. They suspected that the woman was first hit with the object and then set on fire. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. Five persons have been arrested in connection with the matter.
In a similar case reported from Etah, a woman and her two children were strangled to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws for resisting her husband’s illicit relationship with a girl in Awadarh area. Woman’s brother, Ravindra Singh, informed police that his brother-in-law Nilesh, a resident of Todarpur village, was having an affair with a girl in the same village. He alleged that Nilesh used to harass his sister who was against his relationship with the other girl, police said. On Tuesday night, Nilesh and his family members strangulated Manju (28) and her two sons Anmol (5) and two-and-a-half years old Anupam, he alleged. Police said a case has been registered against Nilesh, Man Singh, Bhoori Devi, Silesh, Viresh, Rukampal and two unidentified persons in this connection. Nilesh and Man Singh have been arrested and efforts are on to nab other accused.