Financial aid given to Sonbhadra gang-rape victim’s family

VARANASI: Just a few days after the Hathras incident, a 17-year-old tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in a village of Sonbhadra district on September 16. One of the accused was arrested, while three others are absconding. The government provided a financial assistance to the girl’s family on Tuesday.
According to reports, the girl was allegedly gang-raped by four persons at a village in Karma police station area of the district on September 16 night, two days after the Hathras case. After committing the crime, the accused murdered her and dumped her body into a nearby well.
On the complaint of the girl’s father, the police have lodged an FIR against one Ravi Shankar Chauhan and three other unknown persons on the charges of gangrape and murder, on September 21. They were booked under sections 376-D (gang rape), 302 (murder), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), of IPC, and SC/ST Act. The police said that the named accused was arrested and sent to jail.
Meanwhile, a financial assistance of Rs 4.12 lakh was provided to the family by the state government on Tuesday. According to Karma SO Devta Nandan Singh, the amount has been transferred to the account of the deceased’s father.