A woman and her mother tried setting themselves on fire outside the district magistrate's office in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, 29 August, alleging police inaction in a rape case.
Though the victim and her mother were prevented from immolating themselves on fire by alert security personnel, the incident has again raised questions on the working of the Unnao police.
Makhi police station has come under scanner, despite facing apex court scrutiny and drawing flak from CBI for allowing sacked the henchmen of sacked BJP MLA Kuldeep Senger a free run.
According to reports, the survivor was kidnapped from her house in Makhi village on 1 July and raped by three men.
‘Immolation Was the Last Resort’
The survivor said the three men had come to inform her that her father was seriously wounded in an accident and offered to accompany her to the hospital. However, they instead took her through a forest, where she was reportedly raped.
“Immolation was the last option to end our trauma,” said the survivor said while speaking to The Times of India.
She lodged a complaint with the police and a case was registered against the accused but no arrests were made. She has also claimed that she was now being threatened by the accused.
However, Circle Officer Gaurav Tripathi claimed that one of the accused had already been arrested and sent to jail while the two others are still absconding.
He assured that they would be arrested soon.
Makhi village hit the headlines in the Unnao rape case in which expelled BJP MLA Sengar is an accused. Sengar hails from Makhi and the rape victim also belongs to the same village.
(With inputs from IANS, The Times of India)
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