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Cop suspended in Dalit rape case

LUCKNOW: The station in-charge of Kamalganj police station in Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh was suspended on Monday for his failure to prevent the rape of a Dalit woman by three young men late on Sunday night.

Giving the official explanation for the action, State Special Secretary (Home) Gyan Singh said the station in-charge, Nasir Hussain, had been suspended for “dereliction of duty”.

The 40-year-old Dalit woman was raped at a lonely spot near Nagla Thana village under the Kamalganj police station area allegedly by the three young men, Bhoora Lodhi, Neeraj Lodhi and Anuj, at around 10 p.m. Following the complaint lodged by the victim, a case was registered under the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Two of the accused young men, Neeraj Lodhi and Anuj, have been arrested while the third is absconding.

The incident took place after the woman, a resident of Kanghrapur village, had a tiff with her husband. She left her house in a huff and was walking towards Kamalganj to one of her relatives’ house when she was accosted by the three young men.

Another case under the SC/ST Act was registered in the Ekdil police station in Etawah district following an attempt to set ablaze a man, Baba Gyandeep Jatav of Jhala Ashram, late on Sunday night.

The Baba survived the murder attempt and has been admitted to hospital with 40 per cent burns.

According to the Home official, the Baba was sleeping when a youth, Chandra Prakash Shakya, set ablaze the hut at around 2 a.m. The case was filed on Monday at the Ekdil police station. No arrest has been made.

Meanwhile, in a display of communal harmony, Hindus and Muslims staged a road jam here on Monday in protest against the murder of a girl, Ramzano, at Goverdhan in Mathura district. The body of the girl was found floating in the Mansi Ganga river earlier in the day.

The girl along with her mother, Mallo, had gone to the Mansi Ganga on May 1 after which she was reported missing. In an FIR lodged by the victim’s mother, a sadhu named Narayan Das was accused of having kidnapped the girl.

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