One killed, two injured in wall collapse

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In a tragic incident, a 10-year-old student was killed while two others were injured when the wall of their school suddenly collapsed over them at Amethi on Saturday morning. later local officials and police rushed to the scene and ordered an enquiry against the school administration. 

As pr reports, Monica Yadav of Badhai Ka Purwa in Ayodhya town went to lakshmi Academy situated at Ismailpur locality of Piperpur (Amethi) where she is a student of class 3 on Saturday morning. Just before the school commenced, a boundary wall suddenly collapsed under which lakshmi and two other students were trapped. 

local residents and some passers-by immediately rushed there and rescued the three students before shifting them to district hospital where Monica was pronounced dead upon arrival. The condition of the other two - Shifa of Bighapur and Shivani of Ayodhya town was stated to be serious. A case was registered in and the bodies were sent for autopsy.

Meanwhile in Barabanki, a five-year-old girl was raped while in in Banda, family members of a girl, who committed suicide after sexual harassment, accused the cops for their inaction that forced the victim to end her life. 

In Barabanki, Mohit (18) of lonikatra locality auured the girl of dropping her school on his motorcycle on Friday morning. Instead, he took her to a secluded place and raped her. The incident came to light after the victim returned home. After she narrated her ordeal to her mother, the family lodged a case with the local police. A case was registered and the house of t he accused was raided but the accused absconded after learning that a case was registered against him. The girl was sent to a primary health centre for treatment.

Elsewhere at Banda, family members of a college student, who committed suicide after allegedly being molested by three youths, staged a demonstration outside the office of SP, Banda charging the police of being deliberately lax in the case on Saturday. The 21-year-old student had hanged herself to death at her home in Badausa town on Thursday. 

The victim’s family carried her body to the SP office where they shouted slogans against the local police accusing them on not acting on time. The victim’s brother said that prior to her taking the extreme step, he had conveyed his concerns to the police, but was scolded and told to leave the police station.

Responding to the charges, SP Banda, Shalini said the student’s father had met the police and told that that some youngsters were harassing her over mobile phone. “We had put the phone on surveillance, but on that day itself, the girl committed suicide. The complaint of police laxity was being investigated upon,” she said. 

The local police on Friday, registered a case of molestation and abetting suicide against the accused trio based on a complaint by her father. 

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