Rape victim in lockup: SC seeks report from UP govt

The court had taken suo motu cognisance of The Indian Express report on the detention of the girl. On April 9,the girls mother had taken her to a police station in Bulandshahr and complained that Harinder,35,an upper-caste Rajput,had raped her daughter and dumped her in a field,unconscious. But instead of registering a case against the accused,the police threw the girl behind bars. Her mother tried to reason with the police women but she was told to leave the police station.