By PTI
PRAYAGRAJ: The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested from Prayagraj the SHO accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old gang rape survivor.
Prayagraj Additional Director General of Police Prem Prakash said SHO Tilakdhari Saroj was arrested from near the Allahabad High Court.
The teen, allegedly raped by four men over three days, was sexually assaulted again by the SHO of a police station where she had been left by her attackers, police said on Wednesday.
Till now, police have arrested six people in the case, the chilling details of which emerged after the victim narrated her ordeal to an NGO, which approached the superintendent of police.
Following his intervention, an FIR was registered on Tuesday.
The NHRC on Wednesday sent notices to the Uttar Pradesh government and the state police chief.
Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) observed that the contents of the report, if true, amount to human rights violations of the victim.
In a statement, it said the NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a 13-year-old girl was raped by the in-charge of the police station in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh when she went there to get an FIR registered about her gangrape.
Accordingly, it has issued notices to the chief secretary, and the director-general of police, seeking a report within four weeks, it said.
Five people have been arrested and an FIR filed against six, including the girl’s aunt and the SHO of the Pali police station who is absconding.
Besides, all the other policemen of the station have been taken away from active duty and sent to police lines.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Jhansi, Jogendra Kumar has been asked to probe the matter and submit the report within 24 hours.
Taking a strong view of the incident, NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said the case has been taken very seriously.
“I have formed a joint team after discussing with the chairman of the State Children’s Commission, Devendra Sharma, which will visit Lalitpur tomorrow and collect the facts after meeting the victim and the family,” he tweeted.
