UP gang-rape victim fears 'Unnao-like' fate

Fatehpur: A 16-year-old gang-rape victim in Fatehpur, UP, has complained to senior police officers that she is being threatened by the accused with a "Unnao like" fate if she did not withdraw the case against them.

"The victim had met ASP on Tuesday and claimed she was threatened with a 'Unnao like' fate if she did not compromise with the accused," said Jafarganj Circle Officer Shripal Yadav. "We are probing the matter. If it is proved that the victim was threatened, a fresh case will be registered against the accused," he added.

The teenaged girl was allegedly abducted and raped by four men last month in a village in Ghazipur near here. After registering the FIR at the Ghazipur police station, police arrested the main accused Pradeep, but three others are still absconding. "We are trying to arrest the remaining three.

Searches are on to nab them," the circle officer added. The gang-rape victim alleged that all the four accused belong to her village and their family members are threatening her. A 23-year-old rape victim from Unnao was allegedly set on fire on Dec 5 by five men, including the two who were accused of raping her, while she was on her way to attend the court hearing.

The victim died the next day during treatment at Safdarjunj Hospital in New Delhi. All five men, who set the victim ablaze, were arrested soon after they committed the crime.

Cop booked for sodomizing Dalit boy

A head constable, posted in Kasganj, UP, has been booked for sodomizing a 13-year-old Dalit boy here over the weekend. The incident took place on December 6 when the boy had accompanied his father to Sikandarpur Vaishya police station in connection with a land dispute case.

The accused, identified as Tribhuwan Singh, 55, allegedly took the boy to his rented accommodation on the pretext of treating him to lunch at a nearby eatery and sodomized him.

Kasganj Superintendent of Police Sushil Ghule said that the head constable has been suspended. "Prima facie the allegations are true. The boy has, in his statement, said that the accused constable took him to his house, asked him to remove his clothes and sodomized him," Ghule said.

"The boy later ran away to the police station where his father was recording statement. Though the accused has no criminal record during his service, I have removed him from the station to ensure impartial inquiry."