NCSC seeks reply from Hardoi DM, SP on action taken in gangrape case

Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought reply from Hardoi district Justice of the Peace and superintendent of police (SP) in reference to the action taken in the alleged gangrape with two Dalit cousins by three police personnel, a sub-inspector and two constables, in April this yr.

The Fee issued discover in the matter dated December 26 on the grievance of inaction by a Meerut resident Ravi Kant, nationwide president of Shoshit Kranti Dal, and requested the officers to tell concerning the FIR quantity and the date of FIR registration in addition to the arrest of the accused and the date of chargesheet filed in the matter. The Fee has requested the authorities to tell inside per week.

Within the matter, after intervention of the Allahabad excessive courtroom, the Hardoi police on December 17 had arrested two constables Manoj Singh and Himanshu Singh for allegedly raping two cousins, aged 18 and 19, on April 14. The third accused in the case, SI Sanjay Singh, continues to be absconding. The survivors had moved the excessive courtroom alleging police inaction and the HC took word of the matter and directed police to provoke action in the grievance and apprise the courtroom.

Hardoi superintendent of police Rajesh Dwivedi had earlier knowledgeable the media individuals that an FIR was registered on the instructions of the courtroom on August 21 and a Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) comprising a CO-rank officer was fashioned to probe the matter and it’s nonetheless beneath investigation. He mentioned a non-bailable warrant has been issued in opposition to the SI and groups have been fashioned to arrest him on the earliest.

The ladies’ dad and mom had accused that the three cops had visited a roadside eatery the place the cousins labored and allegedly raped the women after discovering them alone. They mentioned the police had been reluctant in registering an FIR and lodged the grievance solely after the native courtroom’s directives however no action was taken in opposition to the accused. They mentioned they lastly approached the excessive courtroom on November 3 following which the 2 constables had been arrested.