Teenager sexually exploited by village goon attempts suicide

Kanpur: A teenage girl, student of a local degree college, attempted suicide by hanging herself after being sexually exploited by a goon in a village under Ghatampur police station.
The girl attempted suicide on February 20 when a local hoodlum tried to rape her again.
Police sources said the accused is a grandson of an alleged ex-bandit, while the girl’s father works in Delhi. She lives with her mother and a younger brother in the village under Ghatampur police station.
He had allegedly raped the girl at gunpoint about a year ago. Since then he had been sexually exploiting her, the police sources added.
“The victim stated that she did not tell about the sexual assault to anyone as the accused used to threaten to kill her younger brother. On February 20, while she was on way to give fodder to the cattle, the accused waylaid her and tried to rape her again. The goon, after threatening her with dire consequences, fled the site when she raised an alarm. She then locked herself in her room and attempted to kill herself by hanging”, said another police official.
“The victim was saved as her parents managed to admit her in a hospital in time,” he added.
SP (rural) Pradyuman Singh said that a probe has been ordered in the matter. “I have instructed inspector Ghatampur to conduct a probe and act accordingly in this regard. Raids are underway to arrest the accused”.