UTTAR PRADESH

New shocker from UP: Woman raped by father, his 2 friends

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Even as the government of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has proposed the death penalty for those who rape minors, there seems to be no let-up in horrifying incidents of sexual abuse in Uttar Pradesh.

While the Unnao rape case dominates national headlines, another horrifying incident of rape has been reported from Sitapur district in which a 50-year-old man raped his own daughter with his two friends.

The incident occurred in Kamlapur town of Sitapur district, which is about 60km from the capital Lucknow.

According to police, the incident took place on the night of April 15. The 50-year-old man went with his 35-year-old daughter to see a fair in Kamlapur. At the fair, the man allegedly called a friend, Maan Singh, who has a criminal record. The father reportedly persuaded the victim to go with Singh, who in turn, took her to the house of his friend, Miraj. The father later joined them.

The police said that the three of them raped the woman at Miraj’s house, while his family was away. The woman managed to escape the house on Monday evening. She then reached her home and informed her mother about the incident. The mother approached the police and lodged a complaint.

Acting swiftly after filing an FIR, the police nabbed Miraj, while the other two accused fled.

According to SP Sitapur, Sureshrao Kulkarni, Miraj is a quack working in the area. Kulkarni said the woman had been married off 16 years ago but did not stay with her husband because of some altercation and had returned to her parents' house.

The father of the victim was arrested in 2017, when a village panchayat had complained to the police that the man had been in an incestuous relationship with his daughter. After that incident, the victim was staying separately. The father was released on bail in February this year.