Taking stern action against the gang-rape of a teenage girl on a boat in Chitrakoot district, the local administration is likely to demolish the houses of the accused.
The victim, belonging to Madhya Pradesh, was boating in the Mandakini river with her lover when the accused overpowered them and later raped the girl one by one.
A senior official confirmed that the sub-divisional magistrate, tehsildar, chief medical officer and local officers held a meeting in the nagar panchayat in Chitrakoot on Monday to complete the legal process against the accused.
Soon a bulldozer will be run at the house of the rapists in the presence of the officials, sources confirmed.
According to reports, a 16-year-old girl of a village in Baraundha police station area of Madhya Pradesh had come to visit Chitrakoot along with Manoj Yadav (21) of Sohana village in Banda district late Friday evening. Till late night both were boating in the river. Meanwhile, Santosh Kushwaha of Kevatra, a boatman, contacted his companions and two boats came near them. Manoj, the lover on the boat, was in an objectionable position with the girl. Seeing him, other boatmen also came on the same boat and later taking advantage of the situation they raped the girl one by one and threatened Manoj with dire consequences. The girl was brutalised till around 3 in the night.
After this, the boatmen brought the girl and her lover to the shore and threatened them and made them run away. Both later reached the police station and informed the cops about the incident.
The cops immediately swung into action and accused Santosh Kushwaha (20), Vinod Nishad (23), Pankaj Joshi (18) of Chauglia Sitapur, Ramgopal Nishad (23), Mohit Nishad (23) of Katra Gudar were arrested.
As the incident instilled fear amongst other visitors to the holy city, the local administration decided to take stern action against the accused by demolishing their houses so that no such incident was repeated in future.
Meanwhile, the body of a missing seven-year-old girl with her eyes gouged out and injury marks on her private parts was found in a field in Kannauj, police said on Monday.
The minor had gone missing from a wedding function three days ago and her body was found in a naked condition in a field in Talgram area on Sunday evening.
The family members of the girl have alleged rape before the murder, police said.
Superintendent of Police Kunwar Anupam Singh said that four teams had been constituted to arrest those involved in the crime.
The body of the girl was sent for autopsy.
According to reports, the marriage of the niece of a driver of a woman leader in Bharatiya Janata Party took place in his native village in Talgram last Thursday evening. When everyone was busy enjoying the occasion, his seven-year-old daughter disappeared under mysterious circumstances at 11 pm. The relatives launched a search for her and after their efforts went in vain, they filed a missing complaint with the local police.
On Sunday evening, the girl's body was found lying in a maize field, 500 metres away from the village. There were scratches on the body. Her both eyes were gouged out and deep injury wounds were also found on her private part. The senior police officers along with a forensic team inspected the site and launched a hunt for the accused.
The cops were also taking help of video recording of the function made with the help of a drone.