No financial help for family, 3 cops suspended
THE FAMILY, WHICH IS IN SHOCK AFTER THE INCIDENT, HAS BEEN SURVIVING ON FOOD AND MONEY DONATED TO THEM BY PEOPLE. BUT IT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THEM,
The family of the 12-year-old girl, who was gang raped by tribal gang members in a Para village on Tuesday has not been offered any financial help and is struggling.
The tribal gang had struck in the wee hours of Tuesday and held the entire family, including the victim’s carpenter father, mother and two younger brothers, hostage apart from injuring the carpenter and his wife with iron rods.
They ransacked the house and robbed the family of their savings worth ` 3,000, ornaments and utensils.
The dacoits forcibly took the carpenter’s daughter with them and allegedly gang-raped her in a nearby field. The victim was found in a critical condition around two hours after the incident.
The victim has been undergoing treatment in a city government hospital for the last three days. The family is under shock after the incident. The family survived on the carpenter’s daily earning of `200-250 but he is unable to go on work after the incident.
The family has been surviving on food and money, donated to them by people.. But it is insufficient for them,
Some woman organizations, social activists and a local MLA Ravidas Mehrotra, who was recently appointed as cabinet minister in the Samajwadi Party (SP) government, visited the victim but they only offered assurances and no financial help.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Manzil Saini along with circle officer (CO) of Alambagh Amita Singh visited the victim in the hospital to obtain more details about the robbery, including the daciots’ appearance.
The CO said some police personnel and decided to help the family financially. She also mentioned that financial help from the district administration and the state government had also been sought.
Taking serious note of the incident, the SSP on Thursday suspended sub-inspector Vinod Yadav, the station officer (SO) of Para police station, another sub-inspector, the beat in charge of Salempur Pataura village of Para where the crime took place and a beat constable.
Sources said the personnel were suspended allegedly for negligence in performing their duties and inability to solve the case. “Vinod Yadav was earlier posted as SOs of other prime police stations in the state capital but was removed over the same reasons. He recently managed to get posted as the SO, Para due to political connections,” said a source. He added that some other SOs may also be suspended by the SSP for their negligence.
The SSP herself patrolled Kakori and Malihabad areas on Wednesday night after two incidents of dacoity were reported in Para and Kakori on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. She has issued strict orders to all police stations to intensify night patrolling to avert such incidents.
The in charges of the stations on the city outskirts were especially asked to be alert in their areas since both incidents occurred on the outskirts.
Meanwhile even after 40 hours of the incident, the city police has failed to make any headway. District police spokesman Alok Pathak said crime branch sleuths were working on the case and the culprits would soon be arrested.