KANPUR: The lekhpal arrested in connection with gangrape of a minor girl, who died giving birth to a stillborn baby on Tuesday night, was suspended on Thursday.
In October, a person had filed a case under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO act against the lekhpal Ranjit Barwar, Karan and two unidentified persons for gang-rape of his 15-year-old daughter and threatening to kill her when she became pregnant. On Monday night, the girl’s health deteriorated following which her family rushed her to Shivrajpur CHC on Tuesday morning. After giving her first aid the doctors referred the girl to LLR’s maternity and child care wing. After giving birth to a stillborn there, the teenager also died during treatment.
The police arrested the accused lekhpal- Ranjit Barwar on late Tuesday night and sent him to jail on Wednesday morning.
On Thursday, SDM Gulab Chandra Agrahari, suspended the accused lekhpal and said that the action has been taken after getting information about his arrest from the police.
Meanwhile, during the postmortem of bodies of the girl and her stillborn baby, the doctors had taken blood samples of both for the DNA test. The samples will be matched with the blood of the accused, said the police.
Kakwan police station in-charge Kaushalendra Pratap Singh said that an application has been given in the Mati Court on Thursday for procuring blood samples of the accused for DNA test and the application is likely to be heard on Friday.
Rachna Singh and Vinay Yadav from Samajwadi Party and Usharani Kori of Congress reached the village and expressed their condolences after meeting the family member of the victim.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
