Rape Survivor, 15, Dies Of Burn Accidents In UP, three Arrested: Police
Lucknow:
A 15-year-old in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district died of burn accidents on Tuesday, 3 months after she used to be raped, police stated. A relative and two buddies of the accused — who’s in prison — had been arrested after {the teenager}’s father alleged that they set her on fire, police added.
The uncle of the accused and his buddies have been pressuring her to withdraw the case, Senior Superintendent of Police, Santosh Kumar Singh, instructed newshounds.
“The (rape) incident came about on August 15. The accused used to be arrested and he’s nonetheless in prison. This morning, at eight am, she got here to the medical institution with burn accidents. She used to be despatched to Delhi for remedy the place she died,” he stated on Tuesday.
“Until 11 am, it used to be recognized that the woman set herself on fire. Alternatively, her circle of relatives has alleged that she used to be set on fire by way of others…an even investigation can be carried out. For now, 3 folks had been arrested within the case,” he added.
A video shot on the executive medical institution in Bulandshahr the place the woman used to be first introduced has the girl pronouncing she set herself on fire after force and threats from the circle of relatives of the rape accused. Alternatively, the FIR (First Data Record) filed by way of the girl’s father alleges the rape accused’s circle of relatives poured petrol at the lady and set her on fire. The police say each angles can be investigated.
Two policemen had been suspended for alleged negligence in dealing with the case, he stated, including two senior officials have additionally been taken off lively responsibility.
In keeping with a criticism filed by way of the woman on August 15, she used to be raped by way of a person who had come to her village to protect a mango orchard.
This comes weeks after a 20-year-old Dalit lady used to be allegedly gang raped and murdered by way of 4 higher caste males in UP’s Hathras district. The incident had brought on national uproar after the sufferer’s frame used to be cremated by way of the police within the lifeless of the evening, allegedly with out the consent of her circle of relatives.
