A youth attempted to rape a Dalit girl and tore her clothes when she resisted him on Thursday. The police hushed up the case saying the allegation was levelled due to old enmity. In protest against police claim, villagers thronged Harauni police outpost of Banthra police station in a huge number.
As per the parents’ allegation, the miscreant caught the girl when she was going to answer the nature’s call on Thursday afternoon. “He caught her hand and dragged her into thickets. However, the girl sensed his evil design and she cried at the top of her voice but there was no one to save her. She fought bravely with the miscreant while trying to free herself. The miscreant then caught her kurta and tore it,” they alleged. They went to the police outpost to lodge a complaint but were not given a hearing following which they contacted their clan. “The presence of a huge number from our caste ratcheted up pressure and the police agreed to take the application,” they claimed. The police were yet to register a case. ASP, East, Sarvesh Mishra said that he would look into the matter and the police had been asked to contact the victim’s family.
Arrested
The lucknow police arrested three auto-lifters and recovered four stolen motorcycles from them on Thursday. The miscreants were identified as Mohammed Anwar of Amethi district, Rishi Gautam and Dilawar Khan, both of Sarojini Nagar. Police said the goods recovered were worth Rs 2 lakh. The police added that the miscreant were active in auto-theft for a long time. Meanwhile, the PGI police arrested a thief who had committed more than a dozen thefts in the past. The miscreant was identified as Arvind Prajapati. The police recovered stolen goods from him.