14-year-old Dalit girl killed in UP, head smashed with bricks

Bhadohi (UP): It seems there's no end to crimes against women in the state.

In yet another case, a 14-year-old Dalit girl, was found murdered in Bhadohi district on Thursday.

Ram Badan Singh, superintendent of police, said: "The head of the girl was smashed with stones. Post-mortem report is awaited."

Her family suspected that she's killed after sexual assault.

The girl was a resident of Chakrajaram Tiwaripur village of Gopiganj police station area.

She, according to the police, had gone to the field to relieve herself and did not return home.

Her brother went out to look for her and found the body in the field.

A team of forensic experts and crime branch officials has also reached the village to collect evidence and probe the matter.

The 14-year-old was killed days after the Hathras incident where the 19-year-old had been allegedly raped and strangulated.

The police now denied she was raped even though the victim in a video message said she had been sexually assaulted.

On Tuesday, hours after the Hathras victim died, a 22-year-old Dalit student was also raped and brutalized in Balrampur district. She died on way to the hospital.

On Thursday, two minor girls were raped in Bulandshahr and Azamgarh districts of Uttar Pradesh.

According to reports, in Azamgarh, an 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 20-year-old neighbour in Jiyanpur area.

"We received a complaint of rape with a minor girl on Wednesday. A case was immediately registered. The accused, Danish, has been arrested. He lives in front of the girl's residence and used to visit her house regularly," said Sudhir Kumar Singh, Superintendent of Police.

In Bulandshahr, a teenage girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at a village in Kakore area on Wednesday night.

Bulandshahr SSP Santosh Kumar Singh said: "Based on her father's complaint, a case has been registered. The accused Rizwan has been arrested."

With inputs from IANS