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Tag: Rapes in UP

  • Mayawati condemns gang-rape of Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh, calls for justice

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati on Monday condemned the gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Gautam Buddh Nagar and called for immediate action against the accused.

    A middle-aged Dalit woman was allegedly raped in Jewar area by men known to her on Sunday morning, officials said.

    The incident took place when the woman had gone outside her village to cut grass while the key accused, 28, had come there to graze his cattle, they said.

    “The gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Gautam Buddh Nagar is extremely sad and shameful. The BSP demands that the BJP government in UP take strong actions against accused persons, and give justice to the affected family,” Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi.

    An FIR has been lodged in the case but no arrest has been made yet, the officials added.

  • Dalit woman gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar; key accused on run

    By PTI

    NOIDA: A middle-aged Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar area by men known to her, police officials said on Monday.

    The incident took place on Sunday morning when the woman had gone outside a village to cut grass while the key accused, 28, had come there to graze his cattle, the officials said.

    An FIR has been lodged in the case but no arrest has been made yet, they said.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (Women and Child Safety) Vrinda Shukla said, “The incident took place between 9.30 am and 10.30 am on Sunday in open fields near the village where the victim often went to cut grass and the accused also went often to raze his cattle. Both are from the same village and know each other well.”

    The key accused, who is a drug addict, had dragged the woman into the fields and forced himself on her, the police officer said.

    “The role of other people in the act would be ascertained after investigation. The key accused is on the run and details could be confirmed after his arrest,” she said.

    DCP Shukla said the victim’s health condition is stable.

  • Minor girl gang-raped by her cousin, accomplice in UP’s Ballia

    By PTI

    BALLIA: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two men, including her cousin, in a village in Sukhpura area here, police said on Friday.

    The incident took place on Thursday night when the victim’s cousin took her to a secluded place where he and his friend gang-raped her, a senior officer said.

    Superintendent of Police Ram Karan Naiyar, who visited the spot on Friday, said an FIR has been registered in this regard against the two accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s uncle.

    The accused have been detained and the girl has been sent for a medical examination, the SP said.

  • 50-year-old woman gang-raped, murdered in UP’s Badaun; priest among three booked

    By PTI
    BUDAUN: A 50-year-old woman was gang-raped and brutally murdered allegedly by a priest and two others in Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.

    The attack on the woman took place on Sunday when she had gone to a temple, they said, adding that all three accused have been booked, and two of them arrested on Tuesday.

    Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sankalp Sharma said “the post-mortem report confirms rape, and there are injuries in her private parts and a fracture in the leg”.

    He added that the station house officer of Ughaiti police station has been suspended for laxity in the case.

    “On Sunday, the 50-year-old woman, who had gone to a temple, was found dead under mysterious circumstances. Family members of the woman have accused the temple mahant and his aides of raping and murdering her. Based on this, a case was registered against the accused. Two of the accused persons were arrested on Tuesday night, while the mahant is still absconding,” he said.

    Four teams have been formed to nab the priest, the SSP said.