NCW meets family of Badaun rape victim, seeks police report

NCW team met the family members of Badaun rape victim and has sought a report from UP police. The Commission, in a statement, said it is deeply perturbed by the reported incident and the alleged police apathy.

Badaun: Hours after gang-rape and murder of a 50-year-old Anganwadi worker in Badaun triggered opposition's outcry and comparison with Delhi's 2012 Nirbhaya case, a team of National Commission for Women (NCW) met the family members of the victim. The NCW team sought details of the incident from the family members and stated that despite strict government rules, women crimes are on rise.

NCW has sought immediate intervention of the UP police and will send a report to its member to probe the incident.

NCW member Chandramukhi raised questions on police's inaction in the case and said, "Police has shown laxity in the case and had the woman taken to hospital for treatment, she would have been alive today. There is also a delay in the post-mortem report and the incident has sent shock waves across the country."

The family of the deceased has alleged police apathy for the delay caused in filing the FIR in the case.

The Commission, in a statement, said it is deeply perturbed by the reported incident and the alleged police apathy.

NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh seeking immediate intervention in the matter.

Badaun's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sankalp Sharma said two of the accused were arrested on Tuesday, while the priest is on the run and the station house officer of Ughaiti police station has been suspended for laxity in the case.

"On Sunday, the 50-year-old woman, who had gone to a temple, was found dead under mysterious circumstances. Family members of the woman have accused the temple mahant (priest) and his aides of raping and murdering her. Based on this, a case was registered against the accused. Two of the accused persons were arrested on Tuesday night, while the mahant is still absconding," Sharma said.

The post-mortem report confirms rape, and there are injuries in the victim''s private parts and a fracture in the leg, he said.

With PTI inputs