GREATER NOIDA: The family of a 56-year-old woman who was allegedly raped by four assailants has charged that the police asked them to hush up the matter. They also claimed that it was a theft and not loot. The men had fled with cash and jewellery after holding the woman’s husband, daughter and son hostage.
Noida police has, however, denied the allegations, stating that they in fact took a fresh complaint from the family to include the rape allegation, but a medical examination has ruled out any internal/external injury and presence of sperm.
An FIR has been lodged in the case under IPC sections 376-d (gang rape) and 394 (voluntarily causing hurt while committing robbery).
The family has alleged that they were attacked on the intervening night of November 27-28 by cattle thieves who looted their cash, jewellery and two cattle. They said the woman was raped by the men who dragged her to a distance.
Talking to media, the woman alleged that they folded hands before the accused but they didn’t listen and took out all the boxes from their shanty on the outskirts of Palla village in Dadri.
Her relative told mediapersons that while she was accompanying the woman to the hospital, the police told them that they should only inform about the theft and not to reveal about the gang rape.
SP district president Bir Singh Yadav targeted the Yogi Adityanath government alleging that ‘jungle raj’ is prevalent in the state, which has instilled fear among the public. He also said loots, rapes, murders and kidnappings are rampant after the BJP came into power.
Local SP leader Shyam Singh Bhati said despite the BJP district president being a resident of the village, no concrete action has been taken in the matter. He also said the state government has failed in taking steps to tackle crimes. Additional DCP (Greater Noida) Vishal Pandey told TOI that the allegation of the family about police asking them to hush the matter is absolutely false.
“Why should the police fabricate any facts? Cops have arranged the medical examination of the woman after taking a fresh complaint, when the woman alleged about the gang rape. We lodged an FIR in the case immediately. In her complaint, the woman has alleged that one person misbehaved with her, and the primary medical examination and the pathological test have ruled out presence of sperm or any external and internal injury,” he said. He added that the swab samples have been sent for testing to the forensic science laboratory in Ghaziabad.