A 19-year-old woman, who was recently rescued a week after she was kidnapped, received serious injuries after she allegedly jumped from the second floor of the Mahila barrack on the Vijaygarh police station campus in Aligarh on Tuesday night.
The woman, who was housed at the barracks after she was rescued from Etah, is currently undergoing treatment and the doctors say she is in a critical condition. The woman has suffered serious injuries on various parts of the body, including her head, according to the doctors.
Meanwhile, the police said that the 22-year-old Dalit youth, identified as Akash, who was booked for kidnapping the woman, was still on the run. On Wednesday, the Aligarh police registered a fresh case against Akash on charges of abetment to suicide and criminal intimidation at the Vijaygarh police station on the complaint of the woman's father, said Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani. He added that the police were conducting raids to trace Akash, who was still on the run.
The woman's father alleged that Akash had threatened and misguided his daughter following which she attempted commit suicide, a police officer said.
“An additional superintendent of police-rank officer has been directed to conduct the inquiry into the entire matter and submit a report,' the SSP said.
According to the police, on April 28, the girl's father had lodged a report against Akash, alleging that he had kidnapped his daughter when she went to the market to purchase goods. He also claimed his daughter's age to be 16 years. However, the SSP said the woman's medical report stated that she was 19-year-old.
During an inquiry, the police found that Akash and the woman had gone to Gujarat. On May 5, the Aligarh police received a tip-off that Akash and the woman were seen in Etah. A police team rushed there and rescued the woman. She was later brought to Aligarh.
The girl's medical examination was conducted and since other formalities were yet to be completed, she was kept at the Mahila barrack in the custody of a woman constable identified as Shikha.
On Tuesday night, the police personnel heard a loud thud and when they rushed there, they found the woman lying in a pool of blood. She was immediately rushed to the hospital.