The daddy of a gangrape sufferer died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district on Wednesday, police stated.
The suicide of the 45-year-old man got here days after his daughter and niece additionally died by suicide after being allegedly gang-raped at a brick kiln in Kanpur’s Ghatampur space.
The relations alleged that the minor women had been gang-raped after being compelled to devour liquor. All three accused had been arrested by the Kanpur Police below a number of sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
In keeping with the relations, the daddy was below stress to withdraw the grievance within the gangrape case. His physique was discovered hanging from a tree late on Wednesday, about two km from his home.
Following the incident, native police reached the spot and despatched the physique for autopsy.
Chatting with the media, Hamirpur’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Deeksha Sharma confirmed the suicide, saying the rationale behind the acute step was not but identified.
“…After receiving a complaint from the family members, action will be taken in the case in accordance with the law,” SP Sharma stated in a pre-recorded video.
Congress Basic Secretary Prinkaya Gandhi launched a scathing assault on the Uttar Pradesh authorities in a publish on X.
“Two minor girls, victims of gang rape, committed suicide in Kanpur. Now the father of those girls has also committed suicide. It is alleged that pressure was being put on the victim’s family to compromise. In Uttar Pradesh, if victimised girls and women ask for justice, it has become a rule to destroy their families. From Unnao, Hathras to Kanpur – wherever women were tortured, their families were destroyed. Being a woman has become a crime in this jungle raj where there is no such thing as law left,” she stated in her publish which was in Hindi.
“After all, what should crores of women of the state do, where should they go?” she added.
(With Inouts from Nahid Ansari in Hamirpur)