Amid nationwide outrage over the recent gang rapes and murder across Uttar Pradesh, a series of sexual attacks on the fairer sex were reported from Gorakhpur, Baghpat, Bulundshahr, Azamgarh, Rae Bareli and Auraiya.
In Bulandshahr, a woman constable alleged that Inspector Sachin Malik of Gulaoti police station tortured her physically and mentallly while she was posted of Bulandshahr from July,2017 to July, 2020. The woman cop alleged that Malik molested her in public view during her posting. In an application to SSP, Bulandshahr, the woman cop charged that Malik touched her inappropriately and on resistance, handed her death threats. The SSP initiated a departmental inquiry against Malik and a woman officer wopuld probe the incident and report to the top cop in a week.
In Gorakhpur, the body of an unidentified woman was found stuffed in a box lying in Maniram area on Thursday. The victim in her early 30s was sporting a red dress and had vermilion and bindi on her forehead.
The police saidt hat it seemed that the victim was killed somewhere and later her body was thrown at Gholhawa embankment in Maniram area. The police observed a tattoo on her arm and found some clothes, medicines and a ‘mangalsutra’ inside the box. Efforts were on to ascertain the victim’s identity.
In Baghpat, a teenaged girl tried to commit suicide after being raped and blackmailed by neighbour Naseem on last Tuesday. The 17-year-old victim’s father later lodged an FIR against the miscreant, who was arrested. The complainat said that Naseem raped the girl, harassed and blackmailed her after which she attempted to end her life.
Elsewhere in Bulandshar, a 14-year-old girl was raped by her neighbour late at a village in Kakore area on Tuesday night. The girl was raped by a 20-year-old neighbour after which the victim’s father lodged a case and the accused was arrested on Thursday.
In Azamgarh too, an eight-year-old girl was raped by 20-year-old Danish. While the victim was hospitalized in a critical condition at BHU, the accused was arrested.
Meanwhile in Rae Bareli, a woman and her daughter were killed by robbers in Rae Bareli sometime on Wednesday night. The gang entered a house at Hajipur area of Nasirabad police station area and escaped after committing the crime. Circumstantial evidence suggested that after the robbery, the killers targeted the victims with sharp-edged weapons.
Meanwhile in Auraiya, the bodies of a woman and her three daughters were found hanging in a room of their house in Dibiyapur area on Thursday.
SP of Auraiya, Suniti said that the bodies of Sadhna (32) of Sehud village, and her three daughters Anjum (7), Manjum (3) and a month-old newborn was found hanging. Sadhna got married to Kuldeep eight years ago and had three daughters. The couple had a maintenance case pending in the court due to marital discord but lived together after an agreement. Kuldeep had gone for some work in the morning and when he returned in the noon, he found the door bolted from inside. Peeping through a window, he found their bodies hanging from the ceiling. A forensic team was pressed into service.