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The state was rocked by three sensational cases of rapes of three minor girls, including murder of two of the victims, on Holi.
In the first incident reported from Unnao, a class 4 girl died of excessive bleeding after she was allegedly raped by a man, who fled after attempting to strangle her in a village, police said on Wednesday.
The girl died while undergoing treatment in Kanpur’s Hallet Hospital.
The incident took place during Holi celebration on Tuesday in a village under Bihar police station and the accused fled the spot, according to Bighapur Circle Officer Anjani Rai.
The police officer said, “The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon when Holi celebrations were going on. The girl was raped after which the rapist tried to kill her by throttling her neck.” He added that the girl became unconscious and the accused fled presuming that the girl had died.
When the villagers came to know about the girl lying in an unconscious state, they informed her parents.
“The girl was first taken to a primary health centre in Patan from where she was taken to the district hospital. Owing to excessive bleeding, she was referred to Kanpur’s Hallet Hospital. However, it was during treatment at Hallet hospital that she succumbed to her injuries,” Rai said.
The victim’s family members have registered a complaint against an unknown person, based on which a case has been registered.
The officer said they would soon crack the case. Senior district police officials, including Unnao Superintendent of Police Vikrant Vir, came with a dog squad and forensic team to the district hospital and then visited the crime spot for inspection.
In the second incident reported from Chitrakoot, 13-year-old girl was reportedly raped and murdered and her body was thrown in a well to conceal the crime.
Reports said that Kavita (name changed), a resident of Khandewa locality of Mau in Chitrakoot district, went to her fields along with her mother to save their crop from stray cattle which usually enter the fields and damage crop. After about an hour, the mother went back home to prepare food on the occasion of Holi and left her daughter in the fields, asking her to return after some time.
However, when the girl did not return, the family members went to look for her and were shocked to find her missing from the field. In the late hours, one of the villagers found the body of the girl lying in a well.
The local police were informed and the body was taken out from the well.
Circumstantial evidences pointed that the girl was raped and later killed with some sharp-edged weapon and the body was thrown in the4 well.
Chitrakoot’s Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal, who rushed to the spot, said that they were waiting for the post-mortem report but all efforts were being made to identify the killer and arrest him.
In Bulandshahr, a class 9 student, hailing from Ramghat area of the district, was raped after she went to attend the call of nature in the nearby field on Tuesday.
Reports said that the victim was nabbed by a youth and raped. The accused also threatened the girl with dire consequences if she informed anyone about the incident.
According to Dibai Circle Officer Vikram Singh, the police had registered a case and sent the victim was medical examination.
The accused was also arrested and sent to jail. Further investigations are on.