Bareilly: A 17-year-old girl lost one hand and both her legs after she was hurled before a train here by a youth for objecting to sexual harassment, her family alleged on Wednesday. Her condition is critical, doctors say.
The girl suffered multiple fractures in the incident that took place in the CB Ganj area of Bareilly City on Tuesday, police said.
One person has been arrested and three policemen have been suspended for negligence in connection with the incident, the District Magistrate said.
According to the father of the girl, his daughter was returning from her coaching centre Tuesday evening around 4.30, when one Vijay Maurya of their village stopped her and indulged in indecent talk and harassed her.
The father in his complaint said that Maurya was following his daughter and was seen by another youth.
On the basis of his complaint, Maurya was booked under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 342 (forcibly restraining someone), 504 (intentional insult), 354 D (outraging the modesty of a woman), and 326 (causing grievous hurt by dangerous means) of the IPC and also sections of the POCSO Act, police said.
The girl, who is an intermediate student, ran towards Khadau to save herself but Maurya pushed her in front of a train as a result of which, her legs and one hand got amputated, according to her father’s complaint.
The girl was found in a bloodied state with her legs and one hand amputated near the Khadau railway crossing. She was admitted to a private hospital where she was operated on.
The father said he had raised the matter with Maurya’s family about harassment of his daughter but nothing came out of it.
It was originally alleged that two people threw the girl before the train, but the FIR names only Maurya, while another person has been named as a witness to the incident.
Bareilly District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar told reporters that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had taken cognisance of the matter and an assistance of Rs 5 lakh would be provided to the girl’s family.
Considering the seriousness of her condition, she is being shifted to a higher medical facility. The government will bear the entire cost of her treatment, Kumar said.
Senior officials visited the girl in hospital to enquire about her health.
Hospital Director Dr OP Bhaskar said the girl’s legs were amputated below the knee. She also lost a hand in the incident. Her condition is worrying.
The CB Ganj Police Station Inspector in-charge Ashok Kumar Kamboj, a sub-inspector Nitesh Kumar Sharma, and beat constable Akashdeep were suspended and a departmental inquiry was ordered by Senior Superintendent of Police Chandrabhan.
SP City Rahul Bhati has been directed to probe the case, a senior official said.
The girl’s father alleged that he had complained to the police about the matter but they did not even visit their village to investigate.
