Missing girl found dead in pond, family accuses cops of inaction

Varanasi: A 16-year-old missing girl was found murdered after allegedly being raped at a village in Mubarakpur area of Azamgarh district on Monday. Her body was found floating in a village pond. The police have nabbed a local youth in this connection.
The girl’s family has accused the police of not taking action despite a complaint filed on Saturday. They alleged that the police failed to rescue the girl even after nabbing the accused on Sunday.
According to reports, the girl and her parents had returned home from Mumbai due to Covid pandemic. She went missing on Saturday. The family members gave a complaint to Mubarakpur police on the same day. Later, on the complaint of the girl’s family the police took the accused under custody on Sunday. On Monday morning, the girl’s body was found in the pond.
As soon as the news spread, several villagers blocked Sathiaon crossing in protest against the incident alleging police inaction.
Heavy police force was deployed in the area to maintain law and order. ASP (city) Pankaj Kumar Pandey said that the accused has been taken under custody, and FIR is being lodged against him under section 376 (rape) and 302 (murder) of IPC. The body has been sent for the postmortem. On allegation against the police, he said that the matter would be looked into, and action would be initiated against those found guilty.
Meanwhile, the SP workers led by a local leader Akhilesh Yadav also reached the village and staged dharna demanding action against the guilty. He alleged that the government has failed to put a check on crime.
Earlier in Azamagrah, a man and his son were shot by some miscreants at Rasoolpur Dudhahar village in Ghudsahana Naupur gram panchayat on Thursday, while a gram pradhan was shot in Tarwa area of the district on Friday.