UP Horror: 13-Year-Old Dalit Girl Raped And Brutally Killed In Lakhimpur Kheri

Lakhimpur Kheri: In another case of brutality, a 13-year-old Dalit girl was raped and killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, said police.

Her body was found in a sugarcane field on Saturday. Two men from her village have been arrested.

The incident reportedly took place on Friday in a village close to the Nepal border. Her body was found in the fields of one of the accused.

The district police chief Satyendra Kumar said, "The girl's post mortem has confirmed rape. The two accused had been arrested already. We will file charges for rape, murder and also book them under the National Security Act."

Meanwhile, the Lakhimpur Kheri police have now denied that the 13-year-old girl, who was raped and strangulated on Friday, was further brutalized when her eyes were gouged out and her tongue cut off.

Lakhimpur Kheri SP Satendra Kumar said there was nothing in the post-mortem report that would suggest that the 13-year-old's eyes were gouged out or tongue was cut.

"There were scratches near her eyes which could be due to the sugarcane leaves. Her tongue was not cut," the SP said.

He said that the girl's post-mortem report has confirmed sexual assault and strangulation. However, the police said, the post-mortem report did not suggest that the victim's eyes were gouged out or tongue was cut.

SP Satendra Kumar said that the police have registered a case of murder and gangrape against the two accused. The two accused will also be charged under the National Security Act.

The victim's father had said his daughter had been strangled. Her eyes had been gouged out and her tongue was cut, he had alleged.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said, in a tweet, that crime against women had reached an all-time high. He said that the brutal murder and rape of a minor was enough to shake humanity.

उप्र के लखीमपुर खीरी में एक बेबस किशोरी से दुष्कर्म के बाद निर्मम हत्या इंसानियत को झकझोर देने वाली घटना है. भाजपाकाल में उप्र की बच्चियों व नारियों का उत्पीड़न चरम पर है.

बलात्कार, अपहरण, अपराध व हत्याओं के मामले में भाजपा सरकार प्रश्रयकारी क्यों बन रही है? #NoMoreBJP

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 16, 2020

Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati condemned the incident on Twitter calling it 'extremely shameful'.

"What is the difference between the governments of the Samajwadi Party and the present BJP if such incidents keep happening?" she asked.

यूपी के लखीमपुर खीरी के पकरिया गाँव में दलित नाबालिग के साथ बलात्कार के बाद फिर उसकी नृशंस हत्या अति-दुःखद व शर्मनाक। ऐसी घटनाओं से सपा व वर्तमान भाजपा सरकार में फिर क्या अन्तर रहा? सरकार आजमगढ़ के साथ खीरी के दोषियों के विरूद्ध भी सख्त कार्रवाई करे, बीएसपी की यह माँग है।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 15, 2020

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad also commented on the incident. "Dalit oppression is at its peak under the BJP government... If it is not the jungle raj, then what is? Our daughters are not safe, our homes are not safe, there is an atmosphere of fear everywhere. Yogi Adityanath should resign," he said.

It may be recalled that on August 6, a 6-year-old girl in Hapur district was kidnapped and raped. The police arrested the accused on Friday. The girl remains in a hospital and has been through at least one surgery. Doctors say she is stable but not out of danger.

(IANS)

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