Police inaction in a gang-rape case and the threats issued by the accused pushed a 17-year-old victim to self-immolation in Bahraich. While, a man was shot at in Firozabad for daring to lodge a named FIR in a sexual assault case.
In Bahraich, a minor Dalit girl of Kallughari hamlet in Motipur was going to the field to work on Friday evening when Alakh Ram and Sone nabbed her. They pulled the girl to a secluded spot and raped her. When the girl returned home, she narrated the incident to her family members, who went to the local police station and lodged a report.
However, the cops took no cognisance and when the girl was returning home, Alakh Ram and Sone, who were loitering near the police station, threatened her with dire consequences for trying to lodge a case. Humiliated by police inaction and the threats issued by the rapists, the girl, poured kerosene over her body and set herself ablaze.
The family members tried to rescue the girl and took her to the hospital but she was pronounced dead by the doctors. The self-immolation woke the local police up from their slumber. The cops claimed to have raided the house of the accused but failed to arrest them as they were absconding. The police registered a case and sent the body for post-mortem.
In Firozabad, 55-year-old Shiv Kumar (name changed) of Nabbe Bigha area in Basai Mohamedpur, had lodged a report with the police, alleging that Dharmendra had raped his daughter on June 26.
However, reporting the matter to the police proved fatal for Shiv Kumar as the cops took no action in the case and Dharmendra’s brother Saptan Singh warned him to withdraw the report or be ready to face the consequences.
Shiv Kumar informed the local police about the threat but the cops again took not action.On Friday evening, Shiv Kumar was standing outside his house when Saptan Singh, Bhagirath, Rajkishen and Dewan Singh arrived there and opened fire at him.
The critically injured Shiv Kumar was rushed to the district hospital from where he was referred to Agra. The police registered a case but they are yet to arrest the accused.
Meanwhile, a gang-rape was reported from lalitpur, a woman was beaten up and turned out of her house by her husband for refusing to convert to another religion in Bareilly while and attempt was made to rape a 5-year-old girl in Bahraich.
In lalitpur, a 17-year-old girl was alone in her house in Padwa hamlet of Mehrauni when Shivam, Sanket and Ramakant barged in and gang-raped her. The incident took place last Monday but the family members lodged a report four days later as they were reportedly threatened by the accused. The police said a case had been registered and efforts were being made to nab the accused.
In Bahraich, Mehfoz, a native of lahiriya Jagatpur under Motipur police station, reportedly nabbed a girl playing in the neighbourhood and tried to rape her. However, when the child raised an alarm, her family members responded and rescued her. Mehfoz, however, managed to escape. Police were making efforts to nab him. In Bareilly, 25-year-old Kajal, a native of RA Bazaar in Cantonment area, alleged that her husband Riyaz, whom she had married five months back, brutally assaulted her and threw her out of the house as she had refused to convert to his religion.
The police registered a case and were making investigation before arresting the accused.