State was rocked with two separate sensational incidents, one in Faizabad, where a 22-year-old girl was set blaze and killed over an old dispute while another was reported from Kushinagar, where a 14-year-old girl was torched alive under mysterious circumstances. Both the incidents occurred on Monday night but still the cops of two districts failed to make any success in arresting the criminals.
In Faizabad, Harivijay Singh, a resident of lakhauri hamlet of Raunahi, claimed that he was having an old dispute with his neighbour Ram Surat. He said that on Monday night also, he had heated exchange of words with Ram Surat but the matter was cooled down after some other local residents intervened. However, minutes later, Ram Surat, who went back home returned with his brother Ram Kirat, Arvind,
Asvind, both sons of Ram Kirat, along with Manoj Singh, Shailesh Singh and Ravi Singh, all residents of same locality. They brutally assaulted his family members and sprinkle kerosene over the clothes of his daughter Kusumlata and torched her alive. They accused later escaped from the spot. He said that they immediately took Kusumlata, whose marriage was also fixed for next month, to District Hospital where the doctors pronounced her brought dead upon arrival. local police which turned up only when all the accused had already escaped, lodged a case against them and claimed to be making efforts to lay a trap on them.
In another case reported from Kushninagar, Nikki, 14-year-old daughter of Madan Singh, was said to be set ablaze by some unknown miscreants on Monday evening. Her father, who found her going up in flames, somehow doused the fire and shifted her to District Hospital, where the doctors advised the family members to shift the victim to Medical College in Gorakhpur, as the girl was in very critical state.
However, Madan Singh, said that financial constraint forced him to continue treatment at District Hospital but the victim later succumbed in the night. He registered a case in this regard after which the local police sent the body for autopsy test.
local police claimed that the Nikki, and two of her brothers were born from first wife of Madan Singh, who died after which he went for another marriage. Presently, Nikki was living with his step-mother while her brothers were working in other districts. The cops said that they were looking into all the angles and were also waiting for the girl’s brother to return to confirm whether there is any family dispute in the family or not.
Meanwhile, a case of rape of a minor girl was also registered against a police constable in Jaunpur. According to reports, constable Rajesh Bhadhur Singh, during his posting in the district, used to take 15-year-old daughter of his neighbour to drop her school. The father of the girl said that the constable took advantage of the situation and had given some sedatives in cold drink to her and when she fainted, he raped her. He said that the accused also threatened her with dire consequences so in fear, he not reported the matter to the police. However, now when the constable was transferred to Mirjapur, he decided to brought the matter into the knowledge of his seniors hence he lodged a report. A case has been registered in this regard and the girl was medically examined before initiating further legal proceedings against the accused constable.