Close on the heels of the gang-rape of two teenage cousins who were found hanging from a tree in village Katra of Badaun district on Wednesday, two more cases of crimes against women were reported in Uttar Pradesh during the past 24 hours. A woman was strangled to death for taking on miscreants who were harassing her minor daughter and another woman was abducted and gang-raped in moving car in Gautambudh Nagar district on Thursday.
Police inaction was evident in both the cases as the accused are yet to be traced and arrested.
In the first incident, four miscreants, in their late 20s, barged into the residence of the woman in Harola area of Sector 20 in Noida at midnight on Thursday. They thrashed and strangled her to death. They were infuriated with the woman after she objected to them for molesting her 12-year-old daughter. All of accused live in her neighbourhood. The police said the accused were harassing her daughter for days.
“Around 12:30 am on Thursday, the accused barged into the woman’s house when she was in the bathroom. They beat her brutally and strangled her to death,” said a senior police official.On complaint of family, a case has been registered against Raju, Sonu, Awadhesh and one unknown person at Sector 20 police station. “We have registered a case and are investigating the matter. We have sent the body of woman for post-mortem examination,” said he.
In a repeat of the horrific December 16 Delhi gang-rape, a 23-year-old woman was abducted and gang-raped by six people in a moving Bolero SUV in Surajpur area on Thursday.She was dumped on the outskirts of her village after they inserted an iron rod into her abdomen. The victim was a resident of Tulsyana village.Some villagers found her lying in a pool of blood and informed the police. She was admitted to district hospital where doctors said that her condition is critical.
As the news spread in the region, scores of people gathered at the hospital and protested against law enforcement agencies for failing to curb such crimes against.“We have registered a case. We are trying to identify the vehicle used in the crime to reach to the accused,” said a senior police official of Greater Noida.