A 23-year-old victim succumbed to her injuries a week after she was brunt for resisting a rape attempt in Amethi. The family members and local residents protested against inaction of the local police. However, on assurance of arrest, the family called off the protest and cremated the girl on Thursday afternoon.
According to the sources, one Geeta (name changed), a resident of Pureymohamed area of Musafirkhana in Amethi, was going for some work on March 25 when she was followed by a youth identified as Ranjeet. Ranjeet tried to rape her but when she resisted, the accused set the girl on fire.
Some local residents heared screams of the victim, rescued her and took her to a district hospital. She was later referred to Trauma Centre at Medical College in lucknow. The family lodged a case against Ranjeet on the same night. However, the local police made no efforts to nab the culprit. On Wednesday late night, Geeta, finally succumbed to her injuries.
The agitated family members took the body, after post-mortem, and put it in front of local police station in Amethi to register their protest against inaction of the cops. Soon, SP (Amethi), Heera lal got the case altered as murder and assured of all out efforts to nab the culprit. However, before raids could be conducted, Ranjeet ran from his house after learning about death of the victim.
In Maharajganj district also, tension prevailed after a jilted lover hacked a 22-year-old girl just as her marriage was settled by the family members. One Abbas, a resident of Singhpur Ayodhya locality of Purendrapur in Maharajganj district, was trying to lure Seema (name changed), residing in the same locality for marriage.
On November 7 last year, Abbas intercepted the girl when she was going for some work and tried to rape her after she turned down his offer. The family members reported the matter to the local police. They arrested the accused and filed a charge-sheet against him.
Recently, when the marriage of the girl was settled somewhere else, the accused threatened the victim’s family of murdering the girl if they do not withdraw the case and marry her to someone else. Frightened by the threats, the family members withdrew the case.
The accused again tried to pressurise the girl’s family for marriage and when they refused, Abbas stabbed the girl to death. A case was registered and efforts are on to nab the accused. The body of the girl was also sent for post-mortem.