In yet another bizarre case, a group of villagers allegedly cut short the hair of some women after claiming to have caught them stealing a gold chain in Narkhi area of Ferojabad on Wednesday. Alarmed with the sensational move, local police swung into action and claimed to have registered a cross-case against both the parties and arrested the suspects.
Giving details of the case, superintendent of police in Ferojabad, Ajay Mohan Sharma said that in Nagla Sikander village some women were caught stealing gold chain during "bhagwat katha",on Wednesday evening. The women were nabbed by the villagers, who later locked them inside a room, roughed them and cut short their hair, as punishment for the crime committed by the alleged accused. He said that soon after getting the information about above unlawful move of the villagers, they rushed to the spot and rescued the women. A case has been also registered against the villagers for taking law in their hand and punishing the women instead of informing the police, he said. A case of theft has also been lodged against the women, Sharma said adding, police is further investigating the issue.
Meanwhile in Muzaffarnagar, an eight-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a 35-year-old man who also beat up his family members when they complained about it to the police at Butrada village. Accused Sarfaraz has been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and produced before a court which remanded him to 14-day judicial custody onWednesday, SHO of Babri police station, Pankaj Verma disclosed. According to the FIR lodged by the victim's father, the boy was sodomised and threatened against telling about it to anyone, he said. The accused also allegedly beat up the victim's family member after they lodged a complaint with the police, Verma added. In one another case in Muzaffarnagar, a teenage girl was allegedly teased by a 26-year-old youth near Prakash Chowk, Verma said. The youth, Udham Singh, was arrested on Wednesday night.
In a separate case reported from Meerut, the body of a woman has been found in the Jani Khurd area of the district. local police claimed that one person has been detained in connection with the case. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Asha (24), the wife of one Girish Kumar, a resident of Hapur. Police said that Asha was estranged from her husband over some dispute and was living with her brother, Sarjit Singh, in the Jatpura area. Police said that a Jatpura resident, Mohar Singh, has been taken into custody in connection with the case. The body has been sent for a post-mortem, they added.
In one more case reported in Mathura, a 20-year-old married girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Chauli village. The victim has alleged in her complaint that 25-year-old Bhejjeet lured her into accompanying him to a hotel on June 13 on some pretext. He then raped her and left her at the hotel room, Dy SP Rajendra Prasad Yadav said. At the hotel, the accused introduced the girl as his wife saying she was ill and has been brought to Mathura for consultation with a physician, he added. The medical examination has confirmed rape and the accused was arrested. The girl and the accused belong to Chauli village. She is married to one Madanlal of Hathras village and visits Chauli regularly for tailoring training, said Yadav.