The family of the lady alleged that he was murdered and accused the police of complicity.
The father of a minor lady, who was allegedly gang-raped by three individuals, died “in an accident” after being hit by a truck a day after she had lodged a police criticism in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police mentioned on Wednesday.
The family of the lady alleged that he was murdered and accused the police of complicity. The father of one of many accused is allegedly posted as a sub-inspector in Kannauj district.
A case beneath Sections 376d (a), 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 5G/6 of the POCSO Act was registered on the Sajeti police station. The lady had reached a group well being centre in Ghatampur for her medical examination after the FIR, when her father and brother stepped out to drink tea in the morning, mentioned a senior police officer. The lady’s father met with “an accident” by an unidentified truck, mentioned DIG Kanpur Preetinder Singh, including {that a} case beneath accident had been registered.
The minor’s father was taken to a hospital the place he died throughout therapy, mentioned the officer.
Main accused arrested
The important accused in the gang rape case Golu Yadav had been arrested and 5 groups shaped to arrest the remaining two accused, mentioned Mr. Singh.
The lady’s family and outraged locals staged a dharna on the street and held up site visitors on the Kanpur-Sagar Highway. The lady’s grandfather alleged that his son was murdered in complicity with the police. “Police walo ne marwa dala hai [The police got him killed],” he instructed journalists.
Mr. Singh mentioned the police had been making an attempt to work out each the instances, the alleged gang rape and the dying of the lady’s father.
The State police in a tweet instructed the Kanpur police to swiftly unveil the case of the father’s dying on the idea of “proof” and make sure the arrest of the remaining accused in the gang rape case. “The truck that was concerned in the alleged accident be recovered and its driver arrested,” it mentioned.
The FIR
As per the FIR lodged on March 9, the lady’s father mentioned that on March 8 when his daughter was returning house from the fields round 7 p.m., accused Dipu Yadav and Golu Yadav grabbed her from behind. They lined her eyes and mouth and took her to an remoted place and took turns to repeatedly rape her and threatened to kill her if she made any noise or knowledgeable anybody.
The lady managed to return house late at evening in a nasty state and narrated her ordeal, the FIR acknowledged.
The lady’s household alleged {that a} day after the incident, after they stepped out of the home to lodge a criticism, Dipu’s brother Saurabh Yadav threatened to kill them in the event that they went forward and reported the matter to police.
“You ought to know that my father is a daroga [police inspector]. You can’t do something to us by police station and police. We will do the dangerous act [rape] once more in entrance of everybody,” the FIR learn, quoting the menace made by Saurabh.
