A minor girl died within hours of being abducted and taken by four people in a Meerut village on Thursday. While police said the 15-year-old killed herself, her family said the Class X student was poisoned by the defendant.
Two people have been arrested, while a search is being conducted for the remaining defendants, police said.
According to the FIR presented by the victim’s brother, the girl was on her way to her tuition classes when she was intercepted by a neighbor of the town, who along with three other people took her by force to an abandoned house, where they took turns raping her . .
“When he did not come home at the usual time, we went to the registration center, but there they told us that he had not come. So we launched a fanatical search, but to no avail. When he arrived at our house late at night, he was bleeding, his clothes were torn, and he could barely speak. We rushed her to the hospital, where she succumbed, ”said the brother.
Meerut SP Keshav Kumar said: “We received information on Thursday afternoon that a minor had died in a village in the rural area of Meerut. Senior officials arrived at the scene and we spoke with the family. Prima facie it appears that the girl died after consuming poison. A suicide letter was discovered naming the lead defendant … An FIR for gang rape and murder has been filed and two arrests have been made. “
However, the girl’s family says the defendant administered poison to her. “The police say there was a suicide note, but the fact is that she was murdered. It was they (the accused) who gave her poison, ”said the girl’s uncle.
In response, SP Kumar said: “The suicide letter is authentic and handwritten, but we will send it to the forensic science laboratory for further examination. The FIR has been presented according to the allegation of the family “.
Former UP Prime Minister and SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav criticized the state government for the incident, tweeting in Hindi: “The news of the kidnapping, gangrape and poisoning of a student in Meerut is extremely sad and frightening for society.”
In a thinly veiled dig to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Akhilesh added: “If the pracharak star gets time off from publicity, he should pay attention to this too.”
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