State witnessed sudden spurt in cases of sexual harassment crime against members of fairer sex, in which two of the victims were found dead under mysterious circumstances while two others were forced to commit suicide.
In Basti, a 17-year-old girl studying in class eleventh suddenly disappeared after she went out of her home in Pasra hamlet of lalganj on last Wednesday afternoon. The family members reportedly not informed the local police and carried search on their own. However, on Monday night, they lodged the report of girl’s missing and on Tuesday morning, her body was found lying in the pond outside the village.
While family members apprehended that the girl was sexually assaulted and murdered and later her body was thrown to conceal the crime, the cops suspected foul play as they were surprised that why the family members lodged case after passing of four days and how the body was also recovered within 24-hours. The body was sent for post-mortem examination and further investigations are on.
In Philibhit, one Dileep Gujjar, a resident of Meerpur hamlet of Duoriyakala, sneaked inside the house of his neighbour and raped his 21-year-old daughter on late Sunday night. The miscreants also threatened the girl of dire consequences if she reported the matter to anyone. Depressed with the incident and also fearing of her life, the girl reportedly hanged herself with the ceiling and committed suicide. A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were made to nab the accused.
In a similar case reported from Badaun, a local resident of Jinsinagla in Kadarchowk, lodged a report with the Kadarchowk police station, in which he stated that his 16-year-old daughter had went to attend call of nature when an attempt was made to raped her by one Totaram, residing in the same area. He claimed that the accused had threatened his daughter with dire consequences so she reached home and revealed her trauma.
He claimed to have reported the matter to the local police but his daughter was so upset with the trauma that she committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room. local police sent the body for autopsy and efforts were on to nab the accused.
In Barabanki, body of a woman was found lying in an orchard at Badhiya locality of Gangwara under Dewa police station, on Monday evening. Circumstantial evidences suggested that the woman was killed somewhere else and later her body was dumped at the spot and efforts were also made to burnt the body. local police which reached the spot and investigated the matter claimed that they identified the victim as 40-year-old Gogi.
Further investigations are on in the matter and the body was sent for post-mortem examination. In Mathura, 27-year-old lady hailing from New Delhi, claimed in her report lodged with the Govindnagar police station that she visited Mathura along with her friend and stayed at KMB Hotel on Monday evening. She claimed that when her friend went out for darshan, the hotel owner Ashok Bindal and one of his accomplice barged inside her room and locked it and later they both raped her. The accused also threatened her with her life.
local police which rushed to the spot after learning of the incident claimed to have registered a case and sent the girl for medical examination. They claimed to be making further investigation before arresting the culprits.
lastly in Hapur, 30-year-old Dilshad, a resident of Pilukawa, had lured a 7-year-old girl residing in his neighbour and took her to his home and raped her on Monday evening. local police registered a case and arrested the culprit.