Gonda (UP), an 18-year-old woman on Tuesday climbed into the water tank of the divisional commissioner's office here alleging inaction on the part of the police in her gangrape case, officials said.
The woman's mother, who was a minor at the time of the alleged incident, filed a complaint in December 2023, stating that three brothers, Umesh (24), Durgesh (22) and Kundan (18), arrived on a motorcycle, he took his daughter at gunpoint and raped her, Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Manoj Kumar Rawat said.
The mother had claimed that the incident occurred on December 1, 2023, when she had gone out with her daughter and daughter-in-law to defecate, the police officer said.
According to Rawat, the woman arrived at the district headquarters with her parents on Tuesday to meet senior police officials.
Around 12 noon, she climbed into the water tank built above the divisional commissioner's office and alleged that the police were protecting the brothers, the ASP said.
She claimed that the police did not act against her alleged rapists and instead sent the final report on the matter, she added.
Rawat said that after about three hours of persuasion, the woman was brought down with assurances that appropriate action would be taken in the case.
The ASP reported that the woman's mother in her complaint had stated that, as she is from a nomadic caste, she sets up her camp while she travels from one place to another. At the time of the alleged incident, she was camping in Lamti Lolpur village under Nawabganj police station, she said.
ASP Rawat said that by court order a case of kidnapping and rape of a minor was registered against the three brothers. When the allegation was not confirmed during the investigation, a final case report was submitted, he said.
Nawabganj police station house officer Manoj Kumar Rai said the woman is using unfair means to put pressure on the police and the administration.
The woman's mother, who was a minor at the time of the alleged incident, filed a complaint in December 2023, stating that three brothers, Umesh (24), Durgesh (22) and Kundan (18), arrived on a motorcycle, he took his daughter at gunpoint and raped her, Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Manoj Kumar Rawat said.
The mother had claimed that the incident occurred on December 1, 2023, when she had gone out with her daughter and daughter-in-law to defecate, the police officer said.
According to Rawat, the woman arrived at the district headquarters with her parents on Tuesday to meet senior police officials.
Around 12 noon, she climbed into the water tank built above the divisional commissioner's office and alleged that the police were protecting the brothers, the ASP said.
She claimed that the police did not act against her alleged rapists and instead sent the final report on the matter, she added.
Rawat said that after about three hours of persuasion, the woman was brought down with assurances that appropriate action would be taken in the case.
The ASP reported that the woman's mother in her complaint had stated that, as she is from a nomadic caste, she sets up her camp while she travels from one place to another. At the time of the alleged incident, she was camping in Lamti Lolpur village under Nawabganj police station, she said.
ASP Rawat said that by court order a case of kidnapping and rape of a minor was registered against the three brothers. When the allegation was not confirmed during the investigation, a final case report was submitted, he said.
Nawabganj police station house officer Manoj Kumar Rai said the woman is using unfair means to put pressure on the police and the administration.
