Two incidents of gang rape within 24 hours in Pilivit of Uttar Pradesh have created a stir in the police department. First, a 16-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped, poured diesel, and set on fire. The girl was admitted to the hospital with burns. In the second incident, two young men of the village picked up a 12th-class girl from her home at night. Where she was gang-raped in a sugarcane field.
Highlights:-
• Two rape cases in 24 hours.
• Dalit girl set on fire after rape.
• Police arrested both of the murderers.
All the claims of the Yogi government boasting about the safety of girls are proving to be hollow. Law and order situation in the state is being questioned in Uttar Pradesh due to continuous rape incidents.
In the first case, The victim’s father told the Madhotanda police on September 10 that two influential youths from his village, Rajveer, and Tarachand, entered the house, raped his daughter, and set her body on fire by pouring diesel. The condition of the victim is critical. The Superintendent of Police said that he immediately reached the girl’s village and investigated the whole matter himself. He said that based on the complaint of the relatives, the police have registered a case against Rajbir and Tarachand on charges of rape, attempted murder, and threats and have arrested both the accused.
In another incident, a minor Dalit student of Class XII was gang-raped. In this incident, the victim alleged that two young men from that village took her from her house at night and gang-raped her. The victim’s mother found her daughter not at home in the morning. After that, when the search started, he was found lying unconscious in the sugarcane field. Then the family members picked him up and brought him home.
The victim narrated the entire incident to her parents and immediately a complaint was lodged with the police station. Superintendent of Police Dinesh P said that while the accomplice of the main accused has been taken into custody, a police team has been formed to arrest the other accused. He will also be arrested soon.
Two incidents of gang rape within 24 hours in Pilivit have raised many questions about the safety of girls.
