Aligarh: A student of class 9 was allegedly pulled off her bicycle by four men, dragged into a sugarcane field, gangraped and was strangled to death with her duppatta.
According to a news report, the 17-year-old from Harduaganj in Aligarh, was on her way to tuition on Wednesday when the four men, in two bikes, intercepted her and violated her. The men strangled her to death, and her body was found mutilated hours later.
The villagers were angry with the police for not taking any action and four policemen were also attacked. The villagers also did not permit the police to remove the victim's body, holding them up until a larger contingent arrived.
No arrests have been made so far.
Tension prevailed at the village Gurusikhran in Harduganj area in the district after police failed to arrest the four unidentified persons who allegedly gang raped and killed a 17-year-old girl two days ago.
All shops in the village remained closed while agitating villagers staged dharna at the police station, last evening, demanding arrest of the accused. They were protesting against the "indifference and undue delay" by the police response in helping the victim's family after her body was recovered.
DIG, Aligarh Division, Govind Agarwal said that the station officer Ram Kumar Gupta has been removed from duty and sent to police lines, for negligence. Three separate police teams have been formed to nab the four unidentified culprits, he said, adding that over a dozen youth have been picked up so far for questioning.
Meanwhile, district BJP President Deoraj Singh, who visited the village yesterday, said that the incident showed the poor law and order situation in the state. He warned that his party would launch an agitation if the culprits were not nabbed soon.
