With the State Capital already rocked with gang-rape and murder of a woman in Mohanlalganj on Thursday, the law and order situation seems to have further deteriorated as a disabled woman was reportedly raped and murdered in Ferozabad, another minor girl was sexually assaulted before being killed in Varanasi, while about half a dozen more cases of attack on members of the fair sex have been reported from separate parts of the State.
In Ferozabad, body of a disabled woman was recovered from a nullah in Rasoolpur area on Thursday evening. The identity of the victim has been later maintained as Jyoti (name changed). She was living with her husband in a rented house in the same area. The local residents claimed that she was sexually assaulted before murdered by the accused. However, the local police also suspected the hands of husband and one of his friends, Mukesh Banjara.
In Varanasi, body of a 16-year-old girl hailing from Karoma hamlet of Basgaon has been recovered from the fields on Friday morning. Investigations later showed that one lakshman Pal, hailing from the same locality was trailing behind the girl for last few days and wanted to develop relations with her but when she refused, he raped and killed her on Friday. The accused is still at large.
In Kushinagar, an 8-year-old girl from Chapra, was sleeping at the terrace of the house. In the night, when she went out to attend the nature’s call, one Sanjay Yadav (35) pulled her in a secluded place and raped her. When she returned home, she narrated the incident to her parents who rushed her to hospital after finding her clothes soaked in blood. The accused has been arrested.
In another incident, a 19-year-old girl hailing from Piperkheda, had went to meet her boyfriend Rohit, a resident of Sarsaiya in Gangaghat, on Thursday evening. Tragedy occurred when Rohit and two of his friends, whom the victim identified as Mohit and Jeewan, took her to a local primary school. They gang-raped and threatened her with dire consequences if she would reveal the incident to anyone. All the three accused have been arrested.
A 30-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by a lawyer and a constable in police lines at Bhadohi on Thursday. The victim, wife of a Government employee, was allegedly raped by lawyer Jai Prakash Yadav and constable Ram Ashish Singh, ASP lallan Yadav said. An FIR in this regard was registered at Gyanpur Police Station. Police have arrested the lawyer while a search is on for the constable.
In Aligarh, a teenage girl was seriously injured when some unidentified motorcycle-borne youths threw acid on her. The 17-year-old victim, daughter of a police head constable, was seriously injured in the attack on Thursday evening. She was admitted to a private hospital and her condition is stated to be critical. The victim is a student of Class 11 and also works part- time in a showroom.
In another incident also reported from Aligarh, two sisters, who were allegedly kidnapped from the city around a week ago, have been found in Hathras district in a semi-conscious state, with their family claiming that they had been raped by the abductors. The girls, aged 20 and 23, were abducted on July 10 when they were returning from their college.