Reports of rapes continued from western Uttar Pradesh. On Sunday, a minor, who had been gang-raped, was kidnapped outside her home in Ganga Nagar Colony near Meerut.
The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the U.P. government on the Ganga Nagar case. BJP MP from Baghpat, Satyapal Singh spoke to the Superintendent of Police and sought the immediate arrest of culprits.
Samajwadi Party leader and member of the U.P. SC/ST Commission Kiran Yadav on Monday accused the police of having neglected the pleas of the Ganga Nagar Colony minor’s family for nearly two months. “I had taken the victim to the SSP office on Saturday seeking protection. He assured us of action and the second accused was arrested the same evening but the girl vanished on Sunday morning … how?” Ms Yadav askedCiting helplessness of rape victims in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar, chairperson of Meerut Childline, Anita Rana, who had been counselling the Ganga Nagar Colony victim, urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu action.
There was despair and anger at the Ganga Nagar victim’s residence. The family wanted to know why the police were sheltering criminals though protection had been sought for over two months now when the victim said she could identify all rapists.
The girl’s father said that on April 21, unidentified car-borne persons tried to run her down as she on her way to her aunt’s house. The girl jumped aside but suffered a fractured leg as the tyres ran over her. .
