Upset with attack on her modesty, a 19-year-old girl was forced to go for self-immolation. The sensational incident was reported from Shahjahenpur on Monday. local police registered a case and claimed to have launched a hunt for the accused who was absconding.
Reports said that one Pawan Kumar, a resident of Rihariya hamlet of Siddhauli in Shahjahenpur district, was harassing a local girl identified as Seema Devi. Seema Devi, reportedly informed her family members who in turn also warn the youth of dire consequences if he would not stop his activities. However, on Monday also, Pawan intercepted the girl and sexually assaulted her besides threatening her with her life if she would report the matter to anyone. Upset with the move, Seema went back home and poured kerosene over her body and set herself ablaze to commit suicide. Her family members rushed her to district hospital but she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Meanwhile in another report from Muzaffarnagar, a woman police constable has alleged that she was teased by a police inspector. Interestingly, the officials claimed to have constituted an enquiry in the matter but said that the charges seems to be baseless and made with malafide intention. According to SP (city), Muzaffarnagar, Sarvan Kumar, the woman constable made the allegation against one Inspector Ranvir Tomar,on Monday. She has charged that Tomar, the in-charge of the police control room, had been harassing her for a month. SP Kumar said that strict action would be taken against the inspector if the allegations were confirmed by the inquiry. When contacted, Inspector Tomar said he was being falsely implicated by the complainant as he had pulled her up for not reporting for duty on time. Meanwhile, police said that the woman constable, who was posted in the control room, has been now shifted elsewhere.
In another case reported from Sitapur, the bodies of a couple were found hanging from a tree here at Muserypur village in the Khairabad area, under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday morning. According to police, Shambhu (40) and his wife Kamla (35) had gone to the market at Kasrela on Monday evening but not returned. Their family members who launched a hunt for the duo later found them hanging from a tree outside the village. The family members of the deceased couple have alleged murder while police said that mutual tension could be a factor in the case which seems to be suicide.