Threatened by accused’s father,Dalit rape victim commits suicide

A Dalit rape victim committed suicide on Wednesday by hanging herself in Mubarakpur police station area in Azamgarh district after she was allegedly threatened by the accused’s father of dire consequences if she did not settle for a compromise in the case.

The Azamgarh Superintendent of Police (SP),Bhagwan Swaroop said the victim,Priyanka (18) of Piyropur village was allegedly raped by Guddu Yadav and Rajesh Ram of the same village on December 21. Both the accused have been arrested. The victim in her statement before the court had alleged that Guddu and Rajesh had raped her. The SP said the girl hanged herself with a saree from the ceiling hook in her house and committed suicide on Wednesday noon. Her father,Sarvajeet Ram has lodged a complaint this evening alleging that Guddu’s father Mantri Yadav had intercepted his daughter while she was returning home from the field on Tuesday evening. Yadav had threatened Priyanka to settle for a compromise in the case or she and her family would face dire consequences,the girl’s father alleged in his complaint. A case of abetment to suicide has been registered in the girl’s suicide and efforts are on to arrest the accused,the SP said.