Even as the UP Police personnel busied themselves with the Anti-Romeo drive to ‘protect’ the farier sex, a rape victim, unable to withstand threats from the perpeatrator and no help coming from the police, ended her life in Budaun on Wednesday evening.
As per reports, the 19-year-old victim was pursuing a graduation course was alone at her home at Kunwar hamlet when her neighbour Uttam Sharma barged inside and raped her last Sunday. Before leaving the place, Sharma handed out life threats to the victim if she dared to inform anyone about incident.
After the victim narrated her ordeal, her father lodged a case against Sharma at the local police station. Upon learning that he had been named in the rape case, Sharma openly threatened the girl and her family to eeither withdraw the case or be ready for the consequences.
The panic-stricken family later informed the local police about it after which Sharma was arrested on Tuesday. But Sharma’s brother - Amendra and Vishnu, continued to hand out threats to the victim and her family. Thefamily again complained to the police but the cops kept on dilly dallying.
Unable to withstand stress, the girl finally ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room on Wednesdayevening. A case was registered against Sharma’s family members but no arrests were reported.
Meanwhile in Balrampur, a five-year-old girl was raped by a man in Rehra area on Tuesday. The child was out playing when the landlord’s son Sudhakar (25) took her to a secluded place and deflowered her. The girl was later traced to a field and was rushed to a hospital, where her condition was serious. The accused has been arrested by the police.
Elsewhere in Bareilly, a young couple ended their lives by consuming poison as their respective families did not approve of their relationship.
As per reports, Simran (18) and Sumit (20) consumed poison in a field in Gajvara village of Meerganj area on Wednesdayevening. They were rushed to a hospital where they died during treatment on Thursday. The couple was depressed as the girl’s family fixed her marriage eslewhere.
SP, Rural, Yamuna Prasad said that no suicide note was recovered from the victims and a bottle of pesticide was found. Their bodies were sent for autopsy and investigations are on.