LUCKNOW, BALLIA, FEBRUARY 23 : Thirteen tribal women, including three minors, were allegedly gang-raped late Wednesday night by a group of unidentified youths at a brick kiln in eastern UP’s Ballia district.
The incident came to light on Thursday when BJP MLA Ram Iqbal Singh informed the police of it. The Bhimpur circle police have arrested nine persons, including the kiln’s owner and a clerk, and recovered a large quantity of country-made liquor from the spot. An illegal distillery of country-made liquor was being run from the kiln premises.
“We had sent the women for medical examination and the report is awaited,” said Aqramul Haq, the SP of Ballia.
Dr Yog Maya Trivedi, the chief medical superintendent of local Mahila Hospital, said the medical examination had been completed and confirmed that “some women were found to have been raped”. She did not say how many. “Medical examinations on the minors were also conducted,” she said.
“We are making arrangements to send these tribal women to their native places in Bihar once the examination are over,” said Haq.
According to one of the victims, about 20 drunk youths came to the brick kiln — run by a local businessman Guddu Singh — around 11.20 pm on Wednesday night wearing masks and started molesting the women sleeping in their mud houses. When the women’s relatives objected, a brawl broke out ending in the alleged rape of the 13 women.
“They threw our belongings and children out of the houses, beat up our men and raped me and other women,” one of the victims told the The Indian Express. “When we came to know about the incident Thursday afternoon, we immediately sent a team to the site,” said SP Haq. This morning, clerk Arun Kumar Singh lodged an FIR.
The incident came to light on Thursday when BJP MLA Ram Iqbal Singh informed the police of it. The Bhimpur circle police have arrested nine persons, including the kiln’s owner and a clerk, and recovered a large quantity of country-made liquor from the spot. An illegal distillery of country-made liquor was being run from the kiln premises.
“We had sent the women for medical examination and the report is awaited,” said Aqramul Haq, the SP of Ballia.
Dr Yog Maya Trivedi, the chief medical superintendent of local Mahila Hospital, said the medical examination had been completed and confirmed that “some women were found to have been raped”. She did not say how many. “Medical examinations on the minors were also conducted,” she said.
“We are making arrangements to send these tribal women to their native places in Bihar once the examination are over,” said Haq.
According to one of the victims, about 20 drunk youths came to the brick kiln — run by a local businessman Guddu Singh — around 11.20 pm on Wednesday night wearing masks and started molesting the women sleeping in their mud houses. When the women’s relatives objected, a brawl broke out ending in the alleged rape of the 13 women.
“They threw our belongings and children out of the houses, beat up our men and raped me and other women,” one of the victims told the The Indian Express. “When we came to know about the incident Thursday afternoon, we immediately sent a team to the site,” said SP Haq. This morning, clerk Arun Kumar Singh lodged an FIR.
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