Another sensational incident reported from Badaun

In yet another sensational incident reported from Badaun, three minor Dalit girls were allegedly assaulted and gang raped by seven men for opposing eve-teasing in Singauli village on Tuesday morning.

Reports said that three youths of a neighbouring village indulged in eve-teasing with Sangeeta (name changed) and two of her friends on Sunday when they had gone to a nearby field. As the girls raised objection, four other associates of the accused also joined them in beating the girls. One of the girl’s brother, who rushed to their rescue,was also beaten up. 

later on Tuesday, the same accused nabbed the girls and reportedly gang raped them before setting them free. However, they threatened them with their lives if they would lodge a case. The family members complained that the station incharge lodged the case of just eve teasing and not of gangrape at the behest of a Samajwadi Party leader to save the accused who belong to Yadav caste. The SSP, luv Kumar, later told reporters that prima facie the case appeared to be that of eve-teasing, but as the family members have complained against it, the statements of the girls will be recorded in the court and further action would be taken accordingly. Three of the accused have been arrested and efforts are on to nab the remaining accused, police said. 

In one more case reported from Etah, a 3-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 15-year-old boy in Dehat area of the district. Reports said that the accused lured the victim after promising her sweets and allegedly raped her on Monday evening. local police registered a case and arrested the boy. The girl was admitted in hospital in serious condition.

Meanwhile in Mathura, a BJP MlA from Rajasthan was allegedly beaten up with sticks by a group of armed men who robbed him of Rs 12,000 and other valuables. Reports said that Bacchu Singh Bansiwal, BJP MlA from Rajasthan’s Bayana, was allegedly assaulted by over half-a-dozen car-borne youths on Monday evening at Goverdhan crossing which falls under Chhatta police station. The MlA said the assailants robbed him of Rs 12,000 cash, his mobile phone and the keys of his Scorpio car before fleeing from the spot. Bansiwal’s driver Jitendra and two other persons present in the car were also beaten up when they tried to rescue the legislator. “Two teams have been formed to nab the culprits. No one has been arrested so far,” the SSP Mathura, Nitin Tewari said, adding, the MlA’s car was later brought to police station and handed over to him. Bansiwal, who was on his way to Gurgaon from his native village in Rajasthan, proceeded on his journey. 

Meanwhile in lakhimpur Kheri, armed robbers shot dead a cashier of a bus depot and made away with over Rs 3 lakh that he was planning to deposit in a bank. Wasiulla Khan (50), cashier of lakhimpur roadways bus depot, was going to deposit cash in a bank on the hospital road on Tuesday  morning when robbers opened fire on him from close range and escaped with his bag containing Rs 3,17,000 cash. Khan died on the spot while his driver, Vimal, who had accompanied him sustained injuries and was rushed to the district hospital.