Uttar Pradesh: Rape victim’s father shot dead by accused in Firozabad

The man’s daughter was raped in August she had filed a case of rape against Aazhman Upadhyay, But he was not arrested and was on the run ever since.

Firozabad| The father of a rape victim was shot dead in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh and the family suspects the accused, Aazhman Upadhyay, in the rape case is behind the killing, police said.

The 50-year-old was shot dead late Monday night in New Tilak Nagar..

The police were looking for the accused and the family suspects that he was behind the killing, Patel said.

Three policemen have been suspended for laxity, the SSP said.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Patel said the accused would be caught at the earliest.

He said the accused, Aachman Upadhyaya, was in Shikohabad in August 2019 when the incident took place, but he had not been arrested even though his property had been attached on court orders.

Upadhyaya would pressure the victim’s family to withdraw the case against him. On February 1, he reportedly told them he would eliminate a family member within five days if they did not take back the case.

The incident is from the Tilak Nagar locality under North Kotwali area, where the girl had filed a case of rape against Aazhman Upadhyay in August last year. But Upadhyay was not arrested and had been on the run ever since.

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The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) ranks Uttar Pradesh as the worst for women’s security and Madhya Pradesh as the state where rape is most rampant.

Moreover, the conviction rate of Rape cases on a national level is abysmally low at 27.2 per cent only. Of the 1,56,327 rape cases from throughout the country that went on trial in 2018, only 4708 resulted in a conviction.