On the charges of dereliction of duty in the alleged rape and suicide case of a 17-year-old Dalit girl in Parauli village,Station Officer Ghatampur Kallu Ram Dohrey and Constable Virendra Singh have been relieved of their duties. The family members of the deceased minor had alleged the SO and Constable of favouring the alleged persons and not arresting them. Taking a serious note of the complaint,DIG Kanpur,Prem Prakash relieved Dohrey and Singh off their duties and attached them to police line on late Friday night. The DIG has also formed a team to probe into the role of Ghatampur police in the matter. District Magistrate Mukesh Kumar Meshram has instructed Joint Magistrate Muttu Swami to prepare a report on the role of Station Officer and Constable in the case. However,even a day after the suicide,no arrest has yet been made by Ghatampur police. A Class XI student of Pandit Deen Beni Singh Bharat Inter College of Bheetargaon block was allegedly kidnapped and raped by village youth identified as Sunil Singh Bhadoria on Thursday morning. Her father Ashok Kumar claimed that he made several efforts to convince SO Kallu Ram Dohrey to register his case,but the police official denied lodging the complaint. Meanwhile,on Friday morning,the minor girl set herself on fire at her Parauli village residence. Before the family members could rush to her rescue,the minor died on the spot. The villagers in a large number held a protest in the village and demanded the arrest of the accused persons. Keeping in mind the large-scale protest,the case was registered on Friday afternoon. DIG Prem Prakash said: Strict departmental action would be initiated against the Station Officer and the Constable if they are found guilty of having favoured the accused persons. The DIG has instructed ASP Kanpur Rural area Lal Bahadur to set up an inquiry in the role of Dohrey and Singh in the matter. Meanwhile,police teams have been formed to arrest the accused persons at the earliest, he added. The senior police official pointed out that on the complaint made by Ashok Kumar,a case under the charges of kidnapping,rape,provocation for suicide and SC/ST Act has been registered against Sunil Singh Bhadoria,his father Shivveer and his mother. Meanwhile,the girls father said his daughter would not have died if Ghatampur police had supported them. Ashok Kumar said: Both Sunil and his father Shivveer repeatedly threatened us on Thursday night and Friday morning and the entire family was scared. He was disappointed that a day after the suicide,police team has failed to make any arrest. Kumar said: On Thursday morning,Sunil kidnapped my daughter from village outskirts and raped her in the farming fields. Kumar also accused Sunils family members of supporting him in the crime. DM Mukesh Kumar Meshram said the family members have leveled serious allegations against the SO and the Constable. I have asked district officials to present their report on the issue at the earliest, he added. Meanwhile,the first postmortem report could not confirm the rape charges,following which a slide of genital organs of the minor has been prepared. IG,Kanpur Range,G L Meena,said the slide of genital organs of the minor has been prepared and will soon be sent for the lab test.
