Despite growing concern over cases of crime against women in Uttar Pradesh, the number of such incidents is on the rise in Greater Noida these days. After two cases of gang-rapes on Tuesday, three more cases of crimes against women were reported across the region on Wednesday.
In a first incident from Greater Noida, house of a woman was set in on fire by three miscreants for resisting their attempt to gang-rape her. The victim, who suffered burn injuries, was saved by neighbours. In the second incident, three sisters, working with a private company, were allegedly molested by manager of another company in Noida’s Phase-II. In the third incident, a man strangled his wife to death over petty issue.
The first incident occurred in Chanchali village of Greater Noida on Monday when three persons of the village barged into victim’s house when she was alone and tried to rape her. When she raised an alarm, they tied her and set her house afire. Neighbours, who heard the sound, came to her rescue.
Victim’s family alleged that police refused to register their complaint. A case was registered after family met district administrative officials during Tahsil Divas. In another incident in Bisrakh area of Greater Noida, a 35-year-old man Akhtarul Ali killed his wife Ruma. The deceased, a resident of Mednipur in West Bengal, had found dead in her house earlier this week. Police had arrested him from his native place on Tuesday.
Three sisters, living in Barola area, have lodged a complaint against manager of a private company for molesting them in Phase-II area on Tuesday. The victims, in their complaint, said that they were waiting for their company’s bus when manager and his three friends molested them. They warned of dire consequences and fled the spot. Police did not disclose identity of the manager yet.