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Meerut: In yet another tragic incident, a rape victim tried to set herself on fire during a grievance redressal programme in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Saturday (November 4), a senior official said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rohit Singh Sajwan said the woman and her family came to the ‘Sampoorna Samadhan Diwas’ in Sardhana carrying inflammable substances with them and demanded the arrest of the accused in the rape case.
The police immediately ran and took control of the situation by snatching the diesel bottle. The entire family was taken to the police station and pacified. SSP has ordered CO Sardhana to investigate and take action.
Sardhana circle officer Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal said he would collect more information about the case to resolve it soon. He said the case of rape was registered six months ago and action wasn’t not be taken against the accused might be due to lack of evidence.
Earlier, a FIR was registered in the matter and during the investigation, it was found that the accused was not present in the area at the time of the incident. He was in Punjab, the SSP said.
SDM Pankaj Prakash Rathore said the matter is related to Sarurpur police station and instructions have been given to the concerned police officials to take stern action in this matter.
