Mystery shrouds death of young teenagers whose bodies were found hanging from a mango tree in an orchard on the outskirts of Rampurwa village lakhimpur Kheri, on Tuesday night. The local police who rushed to the spot claimed that the couple committed suicide. They identified the boy as 20-year-old Anup and the girl as Sarita, who is about 18-years-old. They both were hailing from the same village. The villagers who spotted the bodies and informed the local police suspected foul play and alleged that it could be a case of honour killing as family members of both the victims were not happy with their affair.
However, local police said to have recovered a suicide note and claimed that the victims had admitted in it that they were taking extreme step after failing to enter into nuptial knot. The note was recovered from the boy’s pocket, Isanagar police station in-charge Ram Kumar Yadav, disclosed to the media. According to the police, Anup and Sarita, belonging to different castes lived in neighbourhood and were in love with each other. Apparently the girl’s parents had fixed her marriage in Sitapur on June 5, prompting the couple to take this step, they added. A case has been registered and the bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, a 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a village head and his friend under Kairana police station area in Shamli district. An FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint filed by the victim’s father, stating that the girl was raped on Tuesday by Farzand Ali, the village head and his accomplice Israr Ahmad at the former’s residence when she had gone there for some work, SHO of Kairana police station B P Singh said. The duo also threatened to kill the victim if she told anyone about the incident, he said. A case has been registered against Ali and his associate in this connection and hunt was on to nab them.
In another case reported from Etah, a17-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by four youths in Tapua village under Aliganj police station area. The victim, student of class IX, was returning home on bicycle after depositing her school fee on last Monday when she was stopped by four youths and taken to a secluded spot where she was raped. The accused looted her ornaments and warned her against reporting the incident to anyone before fleeing.The victim’s father had on Tuesday filed a complaint with the police against four unknown persons following which an FIR was lodged and senior officials visited the scene of crime. Efforts were on to nab the culprits on the basis of the details provided by the girl.
In a separate case reported from Bagpat, a year-old girl was set on fire by five members of a neighbouring family and suffered about 90 per cent burns, in Sisana village on Tuesday evening. The incident took place when the girl was alone in the house. The five accused barged into the house and threw kerosene and set her ablaze, circle officer C P Singh said. The victim suffered about 90 per cent burns and has been referred to a Delhi hospital for treatment.
According to the victim’s family, property dispute was the reason behind the incident, though investigations so far have found that the girl was having an affair with the married son of the neighbours and had often been warned against continuing the relationship. Named FIR has been lodged against five persons who are absconding.