Communal tension prevailed in Baghpat after a Class IX student was molested by two youths belonging to a particular community.
The local residents staged a protest and threatened “to teach a lesson” to the accused for daring to attack the modesty of a minor girl. They demanded immediate arrest of both the accused and stern action against them. The demand for opening a police post in the village was also raised. Later a case was registered against the accused youths and efforts were on to nab them.
Reports said that a resident of Chhaprauli locality of Baghpat alleged that his 16-year-old daughter, a student of class IX, went about 300 metres from the house to dump cow dung on Sunday and on the way, two youths of a particular community intercepted her and molested her.
On being informed about the incident by the daughter, her father called senior residents and disclosed what happened after which both the accused were summoned and asked to apologise and not indulge in such activity in future. The accused, however, refused to tender an apology and even threatened the family with dire consequences if they dared to raise their voice. This led to communal tension between the two communities and the local villagers staged a demonstration seeking immediate arrest of the duo.
Chhaprauli police station in-charge Vinod Kumar said that a case had been registered against the accused youths and action would be taken on the basis of investigation. He said that the villagers also demanded a police post in the village, alleging that local goons belonging to a community teased their daughters. He said a recommendation in this regard had been sent to the senior officers.
A police force has been deployed in the village to avert any clash between the two communities.
Meanwhile, in a painful accident in Rampura village under Elau police station of Mainpuri, a 3-month-old infant was burnt alive after an LPG cylinder caught fire while cooking on Sunday night.
The infant was sleeping near the cooking gas cylinder when the incident took place. The infant was badly burnt. The family members rushed the infant to hospital but he died before reaching there.
Reports said that Arvind Pratap, a resident of Rampura village had a three month-old son identified as Karthik. On Sunday night, Arvind's wife was cooking on a gas stove and Karthik was sleeping on the bed near her. While cooking, suddenly the LPG cylinder caught fire and in no time the fire engulfed the cot as well. On the screams of the woman, the family members reached the spot and extinguished the fire, but before that Karthik was badly burnt and he died later.