The body was found at the Majhauli village by the villagers, who then informed the police. The police along with a fingerprint team and a forensic squad arrived at the spot and collected the evidence.
Bhadohi: A former village head in Uttar Pradesh Bhadohi district has been booked for allegedly assaulting a Dalit girl and subjecting her to casteist slurs. Girija Shankar Yadav, in-charge of the Chauri police station, where the case was registered, said that the incident took place in a school in Manikpur village. He identified the former village […]
Chitrakoot: A 13-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly gang-raped here a few days ago, died to strangulation, her post-mortem report has confirmed. Police on Sunday said that they received the autopsy report late on Saturday and it also confirmed that the girl had been raped. The girl, resident of a village in Pahadi police station […]
The youth was arrested on Monday while the incident took place on Saturday night. The accused belong to a former village pradhan's family and are from a different community.
"I told them that Rahul Gandhi is standing with them till they get justice and will not back down even an inch," he told reporters after meeting the parents of the victim.
The police said the girl, a student of class 8, had gone out of her house early in the morning when the accused dragged her into his shop and raped her.
A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras on September 14. She died on September 29 at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital during treatment.
It also asked the court to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a fortnightly status report on the investigation to the State government which can be filed by the DGP of UP before the court.