In Uttar Pradesh 10-year-old-Girl Raped in Firozabad District, Accused Absconding: Report

Yet again Uttar Pradesh is in news for how unsafe it is for women. Recently, in Firozabad district of the state, a minor girl was reportedly raped. The ten-year-old girl was returning after a dinner invitation when a twenty-year-old man allegedly overpowered her and took her to the nearby fields and raped her. The police have now lodged a complaint against the accused reportedly named Neeraj.

The head of Jasrana police station Jitendra Kumar Diwedi has confirmed, Punjab Kesari reported. Diwedi has said that the family reported the incident and on Tuesday a case was lodged at the station under POCSO. He further reported that the girl has been taken for medical examination and the accused is on the run.

Earlier a 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped by four upper-caste men in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh on September 14. She died at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on September 29 while undergoing treatment, two weeks after the incident. The incident has shaken the nation yet again and raised several questions on the safety of women in the state.

According to the NCRB report, the crime against women in India has increased by 7.3 per cent in the year 2019. 84 cases of rape happened every year with one case being reported every 15 to 16 minutes. Uttar Pradesh ranked the highest by recording 14.7 per cent of total rate of the crime against woman. It also reported a significant number of crime cases against girls under the POSCO act which was as high as 7,444 cases.

This is a developing story.