A five-year-old girl was seriously injured after she was raped by a relative in Lakhimpur Kheri, police said on Friday.
Station House Officer of Kheri police station, Siyaram Verma, said: "The girl's father is a marginal farmer. The accused, who is also a farmer, is a close relative of the victim's family and often used to visit their house. On Thursday, he allegedly took the girl to a secluded place and sexually assaulted her. The victim was found by her parents in an unconscious state.”
"We have registered an FIR against the accused under Section 376ab (rape of a woman below 12 years of age) of the Indian Penal Code along with relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the complaint of the girl's parents," the SHO told the local media persons on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, the girl is undergoing treatment at the district hospital and is still in trauma. The SHO said that her statement would be recorded once her condition became stable.
Her medical examination has been conducted and the report will be submitted soon.
He said that two teams were formed to arrest the culprit and they conducted raids in his house but found him absconding along with other family members.
Meanwhile in Meerut, a Class 11 girl student was shot dead by a motorcycle-borne youth after stopping the bus going from Mawana to Falavada at Nilouha turning on Friday morning.
After shooting the girl, the assailant absconded.
The police admitted the injured girl student to the hospital and started searching for the accused. Nikita, a resident of Pilauna village and Class 11 student at Mawana's Krishak Inter College, was on her way to her village by a bus after attending her school on Friday. When the bus reached the turn of Niloha village, a youth riding a motorcycle stopped the bus. After this, the youth boarded the bus and shot the girl student with a pistol.
When the passengers in the bus tried to catch the young man, he fled threatening them.
As soon as the information was received, the police reached the spot and admitted the girl to Mawana community health centre.
The circle officer of Mawana reached the spot with the police force. The police raided several places in search of the accused, but so far nothing he had not been found. The student was later shifted to hospital in Meerut in a critical condition.