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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Rahul lands, meets victims

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rahul-lands-meets-victims/747336/

Rahul lands, meets victims

Maulshree Seth Posted online: Tue Feb 08 2011, 04:56 hrs
Kanpur : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has met three woman —
the latest victims of atrocities in the state — and asked the National
Commission for Women to send a team to look into the cases. The visit
comes at a time the Mayawati government is under the attack from the
Opposition on law and order issue.

On Monday morning, Rahul visited Banda and met the woman who was raped
allegedly by BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi. In the afternoon, he
went to Kanpur's Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital to meet the Dalit girl
attacked in Fatehpur on Saturday after she resisted rape. In the
evening, he visited a Sultanpur hospital where a rape and assault
victim was lying unconscious. He assured all three families of the
party's support in their fight for justice.

On his suggestion, state Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi handed
over a cheque for Rs 1 lakh from the party fund to the family of the
Fatehpur girl. The party has already provided financial assistance to
the Banda girl.

Originally, Rahul was only to visit Kanpur. But due to poor visibility
in the morning, his aircraft could not land at Ahirwana airport. He
then flew to Khajuraho and drove to Banda's Shehbaazpur village —
close to the MP-UP border — taking everyone by surprise. He spent
about half-hour with the woman and her family.

"He asked for detailed information and said he will help us get
justice," the woman said. She said she told Rahul that Rajju Patel,
who had kidnapped her, was still at large. "I told him no action has
yet been taken against the DM and SP of Banda." She said she was
unsafe in the village and feared an attack by the MLA'a aides. "I told
him I need a house in Banda city," she added. Rahul met the Fatehpur
girl and her family in the ICU of LLR Hospital. Three youths of
Udrauli village had attacked the girl with a sharp-edged weapon,
chopping off one of her ears and inflicting severe injuries on her
hands, face and head. The girl's father, Badlu Ram, said: "Rahul gave
me his office phone number and asked me to call whenever I need help."

He said the financial support provided by the Congress will help meet
his daughter's medical expenses. In the evening, Rahul went to the
Sultanpur civil hospital where a woman, who was raped and attacked on
February 1, was lying unconscious.

Officiating SP, Sultanpur, Ajay Shanker Rai said the woman was
attacked and her belongings looted by four men on the night of
February 1. All four have been arrested and a case has been lodged.
Attempts to contact her doctor were futile, said K L Sharma, Rahul's
representative. Rahul called doctors from Sultanpur's Sanjay Gandhi
Memorial Hospital to provide her with medical care.

Later, he asked the National Commission for Women to look into the
cases. A team headed by NCW chairperson Girja Vyas, is expected to
reach Amethi on Tuesday.

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[ZESTCaste] Five girls raped in UP in last four days

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Five girls raped in UP in last four days

Agencies Posted online: Mon Feb 07 2011, 18:47 hrs
Lucknow : Five girls, including a Dalit, were sexually assaulted in
different districts of Uttar Pradesh in the last four days, police
said today.

In Jhansi, a 17 year-old girl committed suicide after she was
allegedly raped in Taktauli village in Mau Ranipur police station
area.

The girl sprinkled kerosene and set herself ablaze in her village
yesterday after Kailash Ahirvar of the same village allegedly raped
her on Saturday, Superintendent of police P K Tewari said.

In a separate incident, Congress president Sonia Gandhi's constituency
Raebareli, a minor Dalit girl was raped by two youths.

The girl was raped by Akbar and Jackie alias Govind when she was
returning home in Lalganj area on February 3, Special Director General
(Law and Order) Brij Lal said, adding that both the accused had been
arrested.

The SDG said that in Badaun a teenager was raped by a youth, after
administering drugs to her family members.

Saira Begum informed the police that Asif, who used to frequent her
house, in connivance with his friend Yunus administered some drug to
her family on Saturday night after which they fell unconscious.

"She alleged that Yunus later entered her house and raped her
daughter. Asif and Yunus have been arrested in this connection," Brij
Lal said.

In another incident a 14-year-old girl was raped in Mirchasi area of
Etah district.

The girl was dragged in the field and raped by one Prempal last
evening, Superintendent of Police Laxmi Narain said, adding that a
case had been registered against the accused.

In a separate incident a man slit the nose of a Dalit woman after
failing to develop an illicit relationship with her in Bhadohi
district.

Birju Gautam, 35, attempted to develop illicit relationship with
Kajal, 30 in Hulaspur area late last night, police said.

When the woman resisted the move, Birju attacked her with a knife and
slit her nose, they said adding that the accused had been arrested.

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[ZESTCaste] Main accused arrested in Dalit girl attack

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Main accused arrested in Dalit girl attack
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Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7 (IANS) The main accused has been
arrested in the brutal attack on a teenaged Dalit girl who was maimed
for resisting rape, police said Monday.

'Shiv Om, who was absconding after attacking the girl Saturday, was
arrested today (Monday) from a village here,' police inspector Prem
Chandra told reporters in Fatehpur, some 250 km from Lucknow.

According to police, three people are accused of attacking the girl.
While two of them have been arrested, another is still at large.

'Before Shiv Om, we had arrested Hari Shanker. The third accused is
still absconding. Efforts are on to nab him also,' he added.

The teenage girl was attacked late Saturday with a sharp-edged weapon
in Udauli. She is now undergoing treatment in a Kanpur hospital.

'The 17-year-old girl was attacked with a sharp weapon, causing deep
gashes on her face and hands. Her ears was nearly chopped off,'
Special Director General of Police Brij Lal had said.

Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Ram Bharose had told IANS over
phone: 'The girl was intercepted by three young men while she was
returning from the fields.'

'They tried to gag her and tear off her clothes in an attempt to gang
rape her, but the girl resisted the assault and screamed to alerted
the villagers,' he said.

'Realising that they had failed in the attempt, one of the gang hit
her with a sharp weapon, leaving her critically injured,' he added.

The police officer also said it seemed to be 'a fallout of an
altercation between the girl's family members and one of the accused,
Hari Shankar, during the panchayat elections about two months ago'.

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[ZESTCaste] Rahul Gandhi visits maimed Dalit girl in Kanpur hospital

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Rahul Gandhi visits maimed Dalit girl in Kanpur hospital

Press Trust of India, Updated: February 07, 2011 20:44 IST

Kanpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today visited the Hallet
Hospital here to meet the 16-year-old dalit girl maimed for resisting
a rape attempt and promised all assistance to her, even as the main
accused in the case was arrested in Fatehpur.

Assuring her family members that she would get justice, Gandhi gave
her parents his office phone number and asked them to contact him
whenever they faced any problem.

The Congress general secretary went to the Intensive Care Unit, where
the girl is undergoing treatment after her nose, ear and a part of
hand were slashed by three youths when she thwarted their attempt to
outrage her modesty in Bindaki area in Fatehpur district.

Gandhi first enquired about her condition from her attending doctors
and then spoke to her parents outside the

Later, the girl's father Badlu Ram told reporters that Gandhi heard
the details of the incident and asked him if she was facing any
problem in her treatment.

Gandhi asked accompanying UP Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi to
keep a watch on her medicare.

The teenager suffered a dozen deep gashes on her face, head and hand
and was rushed to the Fatehpur district hospital from where she was
referred to Hallet Hospital here in a serious condition.

Outside the hospital, Congress workers raised slogans against the
Mayawati government and clashed with police, who
used lathis to chase them away. Six persons, including three
journalists, were injured.

The youths - Shivom, Hari Shanker and Pawan - had forcibly dragged her
on Saturday when she had gone out for some work in a field and tried
to rape her.

Main accused Shivom (25) was arrested today in Fatehpur and the axe
used in the incident recovered, Superintendent of Police Ram Bharose
told reporters.

This is the second arrest in the case after Harishanker was nabbed
yesterday. The third accused is still absconding.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mayawati is reaching here tomorrow and is
likely to meet the girl.

The Chief Minister was earlier scheduled to arrive here on February 13
to review the progress of development works.

Kanpur District Magistrate Mukesh Meshram said Mayawati has changed
her programme and will come tomorrow. But, he said he had no
information as to whether she will meet the girl.

Meanwhile, a sobbing Badlu Ram told PTI that no girl should be allowed
to undergo the pain suffered by his daughter
and demanded stringent punishment to the guilty so that it could act
as a deterrent for other wrong-doers in future.

The girl's mother could not control her tears when she said, "My
humble prayer is my only daughter should be saved."

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