UP: Rape victim ends life over police inaction

Badaun (UP): A 24-year-old gang rape victim allegedly committed suicide in a village under Dataganj police station in the district blaming police for not registering her complaint, officials said on Monday.

SHO of Dataganj police station Amrit Lal has been suspended on charges of dereliction of duty, they said.

SSP Ashok Kumar Tripathi said since the woman was reportedly raped in Secunderabad in Telangana, the case could not be lodged here.

But the woman insisted that the case be lodged in Dataganj PS as she lived in that area and allegedly hanged herself, leaving behind a suicide note blaming the police for not entertaining her demand. Tripathi said the woman was advised by police to file a complaint in Secunderabad as the crime was committed there. In her suicide note, the woman stated she was married two years ago, but was living with her parents as her health deteriorated. Last month, she met a relative at a bus stand who along with two others forcibly took her to Secunderabad, where she was raped.