Uma Shankar; Unnao
It’s
a sensational, but true. An incident of
brutality with the rape victim of her burnt alive happened on Thursday morning
when she was going to appear before the district court for hearing in Unnao, 50
kilometer away from state capital of Uttar Pradesh.
This
23 years old women, as she exit from her village, faced 5 men were waylaid, who
stopped her, poured kerosene and set her on fire. She kept on screaming for
help walking upto about 500 meter from the spot, according to eyewitness, who
saw this crime scene, called police by dialing emergency 112.
Her
condition is said to be serious after suffering of 90% burning, first she was
rushed to a specialized treatment hospital in Lucknow later she was referred to
Safdarjung hospital New Delhi by air-lift.
The
victim woman had filed an FIR against two men, who are the resident of her
paternal home in Unnao, accusing them of raping her and making a porn-film. The
police had lodged the FIR in the adjoining district Raibarelly after the
intervention of a local court in March this year.
“The
earlier lodged FIR says that one of the two accused was in an illicit
relationship with her during 2018 and was exploiting her physically assuring
her a marriage proposal. Later he refused to get married and raped her with
another friend,” told a senior police officer after this brutal incident.
"One
of the accused was sent to jail. He was released on bail on November 30. The
two men set the 23-year-old afire to take revenge," he added. The police
claim to catch the other accused, who had been on the run, they had seized his
property and put out lookout notices against him.
Amid
attacks by the opposition parties over the incident, the state government has
told the police to ensure "maximum punishment" for the accused. UP
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also sought a report from the state police and
has promised to fund the woman's treatment.
The
government is affirmative to take a preventive measure over such incidents by
the needful revision of IPC and CrPC.
