Friday, May 30, 2014

Lawlessness in UP: Rape victim’s mother brutally assaulted

Etawah: An incident that sent shock waves across the region, mother of a rape victim was brutally assaulted by some goons for lodging an FIR against the accused in Uttar Pradesh. The woman is presently under intensive care at a hospital and struggling with injuries. As per IBN 7 report, "the woman was allegedly attacked by Basant Yadav and four other people. Her condition has been critical and the family is being forced to withdraw the case." Reportedly, Sunny, son of Basant Lal Yadav, who lives in the neighbourhood, stormed into the house of the victim and raped her daughter on May 11. The state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav also hails from the same district. Already, the UP government is under fire for its shoddy handling of Badaun gang-rape case.
In another shocking gang-rape case that was reported from Badaun four men were arrested yesterday for raping two minor Dalit sisters and later hanging them form a tree in Katra village after murdering them on May 28. The police constable was identified as Sarvesh Yadav. National Commission for Women (NCW) had also taken a suo moto cognizance over the issue and decided to send a team to investigate the whole incident. Reportedly, the minors aged 14 and 15 years went missing from their home on May 27 night. It was the other morning that their relatives traced their dead bodies hanging from a mango tree in Ushait area. There were also reports about local police showing unwillingness to register an FIR in the case following which the villagers blocked traffic with dead bodies on Ushait-Lilawan Road.

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