In Sambhal District Of UP Rape Victim Dies By Suicide, 3 Held Under Suspicion

India, News Mar 6, 2021
In Sambhal District Of UP Rape Victim Dies By Suicide, 3 Held Under Suspicion

A rape survivor died by suicide by hanging herself with her “dupatta” months after filing a rape case in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. The victim was a 21-year-old woman belonging to the Grampura village of UP’s Sambhal district

According to reports, the police have arrested the person named in the rape case.

The Rape Case Was Registered On January 27: Sambhal SP

Talking to the media, the SP of Sambhal, Chakresh Mishra, revealed that the women died by suicide within the limits of the Bahjoi Police Station. Furthermore, she had previously registered a rape case on January 27 and the person who was accused has been arrested by the police. The Sambhal SP also reported about a possible love affair between the victim and the accused.

The father of the victim was the one who made the complaint against the accused and registered a rape case. After which, the accused, named Ashish, was promptly arrested a few days later.

The Family Of The Accused Regularly Harassed The Victim: The Brother

The reports suggest that the victim was being regularly harassed and pressurized by the family members of the accused. After a complaint was lodged by the victim’s brother, the police held 3 people- the mother, the father, and the brother of the accused- on suspicion of harassing the deceased woman. The brother also alleged that after months of harassment by the family members of the accused to withdraw the case, the victim went into depression and anxiety. 

The Victim’s mother also confirmed to the reporters that the victim was depressed by the continued threats from the accused’s family. Unable to bear the mental trauma along with the harassment, the victim decided to end her life by hanging with her “dupatta’.

In Sambhal District Of UP Rape Victim Dies By Suicide, 3 Held Under Suspicion
In Sambhal District Of UP Rape Victim Dies By Suicide, 3 Held Under Suspicion

The police further disclosed that the victim was a BA student and was raped around five months back. She did not reveal the crime fearing that the man who recorded the video of the act would release the video. The victim finally disclosed the crime to her family in January, after which her father and she filed a case in the Sambhal police station.

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