Another Dalit Girl Raped in Uttar Pradesh
Only a few days after the Hathras gangrape another 22-year-old Dalit succumbed to a brutal rape in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur.
Only a few days after the Hathras gangrape and death of a 19-year old woman another 22-year-old Dalit woman died after she was raped, in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur. The victim worked in a private firm in Balrampur. The police have arrested two men based upon the statement of the victim's family. Balrampur Superintendent of Police Dev Ranjan Verma said, “A written complaint was filed by the family. The girl’s family members said she had failed to return home on time from the firm on Tuesday 29th September. The family made several attempts to contact the girl, but failed.The victim later returned home in a rickshaw in a very bad condition, with a glucose drip injection attached to her hand.”
He added, “The family members tried to take the woman to the hospital but she died on the way. The family has named two boys and has alleged rape. The police acted immediately on the complaint and have arrested both.” He also said that strict action will be taken against all those involved. The victim's mother has said that her daughter was given an injection before being raped and that her waist and both legs had been broken after which she was sent home on a rickshaw. She said the only thing her daughter could say was: "There is a lot of pain, I will not survive."
However, the Balrampur Police in a tweet said reports about her limbs and waist being broken are not true. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a tweet in Hindi said, “After Hathras, a girl has been gang-raped in Balrampur and she has now succumbed. The BJP government should not indulge in a cover-up like in Hathras and must immediately take strict action against the culprits.” Juhie Singh in a tweet said: “After Hathras, now it’s Balrampur. The legs of the victim were broken, she finally lost her life also. Where is the government?”
