The members of fairer sex continued to be targeted with half a dozen more cases of sexual assaults

The members of fairer sex continued to be targeted with half a dozen more cases of sexual assaults have been reported from different parts of the State.

In Etah, two real sisters who were in the age group of 13-years to 15-years, had went to near by market in Baghwala locality on Thursday evening. When they were returning, three persons, Rajpal, 34, Sanjay Baghel (38) and Mahipal (34), all residents of Siyapur, intercepted and took them to secluded place where all the three gang raped them. A case has been registered and all the three were arrested. In Muzaffarnagar, 50-year-old woman hailing Shahpur area, was going to Bagpat to meet her parents when she was nabbed by above half a dozen unknown miscreants near Kabristan Basi Road. All the miscreants later threatened and gang raped her before fleeing from the spot. In another report from Mazaffarnagar, one Pankaj, a resident of Khubbapur area of Muzaffarnagar, entered into the house of his neighbour, after finding his 15-year-old daughter, studying in class 7th alone. The accused later raped her and escaped after threatening her with dire consequences. 

In Chandauli, a  resident of Chak Kharanand hamlet of Badagaon in Varanasi, who is presently residing in Sukrabagh area of Mugalsarai, claimed in his FIR lodged with the local police that his 30-year-old wife was forcibly taken by Qadir, Aftab, and two unknown women, to a secluded place where both the men gang raped her. A case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the accused. In Varanasi, a rape attempt has been made in Gajadharpur area of Rohaniya, when one Bharat Yadav aka Munnu, sneaked into his neighbour’s house and tried to rape 15-year-old Dalit girl. However, as the girl raised alarm, the accused jumped and escaped. A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were on to nab the accused. 

In one more case reported from Maharajganj, a minor girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Nautanwa area. The incident took place on Thursday evening when a 13-year-old girl was alone in her house and her neighbour Mazhar (20) forcibly entered there and raped her. The police later arrested the accused and lodged an FIR against him.The probe in on in the matter. lastly in Ferojabad, Dharmendra Yadav, hailing from Naglabhadu area of Fareha, had lured 5-year-old daughter of his neighbour and later raped her. The victim was admitted in hospital and efforts were on to nab the accused. 

Meanwhile, a father and his son were also sprayed with bullets in a group clash at Pratapgarh on Friday morning. According to reports, Vikas Singh and Santosh Kumar Singh, both residing at Achalpur area of Kotwali in Pratapgarh, are having old property dispute. The matter took an ugly turn when after heated exchange of words between the two groups on Friday morning, Santosh Kumar, took out his license gun and opened fire killing Vikas Singh and his father Satyadev Singh on the spot, besides critically injuring one of their kin identified as Jaya Singh. The injured was admitted in hospital. A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were on to nab the accused. 

Half a dozen persons were also killed in a road mishap at Barabanki on Friday morning. According to reports, the driver of a speeding car (UP32EW-4497), lost control over the vehicle and rammed the vehicle in the truck coming from opposite direction in which six of the car occupants were killed while one another was injured. He was shifted to hospital and efforts were on to maintain the identity of the victims.