Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh): Three persons have been arrested for the murder of a 14-year-old Dalit girl here Thursday. The Dalit girl was found dead in a field with her head smashed. The three were arrested have been identified as Kundan, Collector and Prince. They are all residents of Gopiganj in Bhadohi. They have confessed to their crime of killing the Dalit girl as per the police.
Bhadohi police spokesperson said that there was enmity between the girl’s family and the accused. The latter had threatened the victim’s family with dire consequences Monday. The accused found the girl alone in the field Thursday and killed her.
The victim’s brother, who went out to look for her, found the body in the field. The police said her head was smashed with bricks.
SP of Bhadohi Ram Badan Singh said: “The head of the girl was smashed with stones. Post-mortem report is awaited.”
The girl was a resident of Chakrajaram Tiwaripur village of Gopiganj police station area. The family has expressed suspicion that she was killed after sexual assault. However, rape can only be confirmed after the post-mortem report.
A team of forensic experts and crime branch officials has also reached the village to collect evidence and probe the matter.
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The murder of the 14-year-old comes after the Hathras incident where the 19-year-old was allegedly raped and strangulated. The police have now denied that she was raped. However, the victim said in a video message that she was sexually assaulted.
Hours after the Hathras victim died Tuesday, a 22-year-old Dalit student was also raped and brutalised in Balrampur district. She died on the way to the hospital.
Two minor girls were raped Thursday in Bulandshahr and Azamgarh districts of Uttar Pradesh.
According to reports, in Azamgarh, an eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 20-year-old neighbour in Jiyanpur area.
“We received a complaint of rape with a minor girl Wednesday. A case was immediately registered. The accused, Danish, has been arrested. He lives in front of the girl’s residence and used to visit her house regularly,” said Sudhir Kumar Singh, Superintendent of Police.
In Bulandshahr, a teenage girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at a village in Kakore area Wednesday night. Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said: “Based on her father’s complaint, a case has been registered. The accused Rizwan has been arrested.”
