UP: Teenage Girl Gangraped And Murdered In Aligarh; Three Men Booked Under POCSO Act

A minor girl of age 15-16 years has been allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Aligarh. Police found her body near the Railway track in the Gandhi Park area on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Three men have been named as accused by the girl’s family and the police investigation is underway to take the accused in custody.

As per reports, the girl student went missing on Sunday morning, January 10, 2021, from her house in a village that is situated near Harduaganj police station in Aligarh. Immediately after this, the family received a call for ransom. The caller said that their daughter was kidnapped and demanded five lakh rupees as ransom. The caller also threatened the family about posting a video containing the girl’s compromising pictures online if they wouldn’t pay the amount.

Unable to procure such a huge amount, the family started searching for the girl in and around the village. They filed a police complaint at Gandhi Park Police station on Monday, January 11, 2021. Then on Tuesday, the police summoned the family to identify a dead body that was found along the railway tracks. This location was several kilometres away from the village where the girl lived.

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The police also confirmed that a suicide note was found along with the girl’s body. The body has now been sent for post-mortem. According to Superintendent of Police, Kuldeep Singh, the girl’s family has named three men as accused of her kidnapping, rape and murder. Subsequently, police booked the three accused under murder charges and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The investigation is still underway.

This case has been reported days after the gang-rape and murder of a 50-year-old woman in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh made headlines. Reportedly, the middle-aged woman, who was an Anganwadi worker, went to a temple alone in the evening where she was gang-raped and murdered. The temple’s priest has been arrested as the main accused along with two of his disciples. The case further incited a debate on women’s safety in India when NCW member Chandramukhi Devi who went to the district to investigate the case said, ““I think this incident would not have occurred if the woman had not stepped out of her house alone or had she been accompanied by a child of the family.”

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 the total rate of the crime against woman. It also reported a significant number of criminal cases under the POSCO act for the crimes committed against minor girls in the state which was as high as 7,444 cases.

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