The family of the girl, however, alleged that she was upset with police inaction (Representational)
Highlights
- A 13-year-old girl who was gang-raped allegedly committed suicide
- Her family claimed that she was upset over the accused not being arrested
- The girl was found hanging inside her room on Friday night
A 13-year-old girl who was gang-raped allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, police said on Saturday, with family members claiming that the minor was upset over the accused not being arrested and some women in the neighbourhood taunting her.
The girl, who was allegedly kidnapped and raped by three neighbours on July 13, was found hanging inside her room on Friday night. Her body was sent for a post-mortem examination, City Superintendent of Police (east) Raj Kumar Agarwal said on Saturday.
No suicide note was discovered from the site, he added.
The family of the girl, however, alleged that she was upset with police inaction and comments passed at her by women in the neighbourhood which led her to kill herself.
An inquiry has been ordered into the matter and senior officials have visited the aggrieved family, Mr Agarwal said.
The SP said Station House Office Satya Dev Sharma, Cooperganj police post in-charge Umesh Kumar, Head Constable Urmed Singh and Constable Sanjiv Gautam have been suspended for negligence in discharging official duties.
He also confirmed that a First Information Report or FIR on charges of abatement of suicide was registered against three neighbours, including two women, who have been arrested.
The minor girl was kidnapped and raped on July 13 allegedly by her neighbours Wasif, his brother Wasaf and their friend Shyamu, alias Sammu, all teenagers, the SP said.
The girl returned home the next day and narrated the ordeal to her parents, who tried to get an FIR registered with the Rai-purwa police station and finally managed to get it filed on July 27, but no arrests were made.