Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Cancer patient raped by two, then by biker who offered help

- HT Correspond­ent lkoreporte­rsdesk@hindustant­imes.com

LUCKNOW: In a heinous crime, a 15-year-old-girl suffering from blood cancer was allegedly raped by her neighbour and his friend after holding her captive at secluded place in a Sarojinina­gar village on the city’s outskirts here on Saturday night.

The girl was raped again, this time by a motorcycli­st, who assured her help after she was abandoned by the two rapists.

Additional superinten­dent of police (ASP), East, Sarvesh Mishra said the incident came to light when some locals spotted the girl loitering alone around Saturday midnight and informed cops at Bijnore police outpost.

The girl then narrated the entire incident to police, after which her family was informed, he added.

The police have arrested the motorcycli­st, Virendra Yadav of Banthra, after registerin­g an FIR under IPC section 376-D of gang rape and section of 5G/6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, while the two other accused identified as Shubham and Sumit are still at large.

The girl told cops that Shubham and Sumit met her when she had gone to an eatery near her house in Sarojinina­gar at around 5 pm.

She said they offered her lift on their motorcycle but took her to a deserted place and raped her after holding captive for about six hours.

The girls told police that the duo later dumped her on the roadside after threatenin­g her with dire consequenc­es if she reported the matter to police.

The girl further said that when she was waiting on the roadside for help, Virendra Yadav stopped his motorcycli­st and promised to drop her home. On the way, she shared her ordeal with Yadav. “But he took her to a deserted spot and raped her. He fled leaving her at the spot,” police said.

The girl’s parents said she is suffering from the life threatenin­g disease for past four years and undergoing treatment in Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences here.

“As she is seriously sick, we try not to refuse any of her demands and so allowed her to go to the eatery, as she wished,” they said.

THE INCIDENT CAME TO LIGHT WHEN SOME LOCALS SPOTTED THE GIRL LOITERING ALONE AROUND SATURDAY MIDNIGHT AND INFORMED THE POLICE

ASP Sarvesh Mishra said the girl was sent for medical examinatio­n and a social organisati­on was roped in for her counsellin­g to help her out of the trauma. He said the investigat­ion officer of the case has been directed to get the girl’s statement recorded before a judicial magistrate and nab the accused at the earliest.Mishra said the girl has been sent for medical examinatio­n and a social organisati­on has been roped in for her counsellin­g to help come out of trauma and horrifying experience she had went through.

He said the investigat­ion officer of the case has been directed to get the girl’s statement recorded before the judicial magistrate and arrest the accused at the earliest.

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