Kanpur: A minor Dalit girl was allegedly kept in illegal confinement and stripped in the presence of
two women by a boutique owner in Kanpur, police said on Wednesday.
When the 13-year-old girl cried and protested, the woman, at whose house her mother worked as a domestic help, let her go but "implicated" the duo in an alleged "false" case of theft, senior police and civil officials said quoting the victim's complaint.
While the girl has been released on bail, her mother is still behind bars.
two women by a boutique owner in Kanpur, police said on Wednesday.
When the 13-year-old girl cried and protested, the woman, at whose house her mother worked as a domestic help, let her go but "implicated" the duo in an alleged "false" case of theft, senior police and civil officials said quoting the victim's complaint.
While the girl has been released on bail, her mother is still behind bars.
DIG Ashok Mutha Jain and District Magistrate Mukesh Meshram told a press conference that the girl's mother worked as a maid at the house of Shalini Gujral, a boutique owner, in Seesamau area here. The minor also used to help her mother in the work.
A few days ago, when the girl visited Gujral's house, the woman accused her of theft and allegedly confined her with the help of two other women and stripped her after tying her hands
and legs, they said. The woman set her free when she cried and strongly protested, the victim claimed in a statement before the DIG.
On January 16, the boutique owner lodged a complaint against the mother-daughter duo at Fazalganj police station claiming that they had stolen two rings from her house. The next day, the police arrested the two, and a court sent the mother to jail while releasing the girl on bail due to her minor age.
The teenage girl, however, told the police that the rings were given to her by Gujral, and her mother later sold them. The girl claimed that her mother's employer never talked about the rings as they continued to work there.
The DIG said that considering the seriousness of the allegations, the girl's statement has been recorded before a woman magistrate.
A police inspector has been suspended with immediate effect for filing the case without any investigation, he said, adding the SP (crime) will probe into the incident.
An FIR has been registered against the boutique owner and the two other women besides filing a case under SC/ST Act.
The matter comes close on the heels of the Banda incident in which a girl belonging to a backward community was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA and the Divya case in which a
minor girl died after allegedly being sexually assaulted inside her school.
A few days ago, when the girl visited Gujral's house, the woman accused her of theft and allegedly confined her with the help of two other women and stripped her after tying her hands
and legs, they said. The woman set her free when she cried and strongly protested, the victim claimed in a statement before the DIG.
On January 16, the boutique owner lodged a complaint against the mother-daughter duo at Fazalganj police station claiming that they had stolen two rings from her house. The next day, the police arrested the two, and a court sent the mother to jail while releasing the girl on bail due to her minor age.
The teenage girl, however, told the police that the rings were given to her by Gujral, and her mother later sold them. The girl claimed that her mother's employer never talked about the rings as they continued to work there.
The DIG said that considering the seriousness of the allegations, the girl's statement has been recorded before a woman magistrate.
A police inspector has been suspended with immediate effect for filing the case without any investigation, he said, adding the SP (crime) will probe into the incident.
An FIR has been registered against the boutique owner and the two other women besides filing a case under SC/ST Act.
The matter comes close on the heels of the Banda incident in which a girl belonging to a backward community was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA and the Divya case in which a
minor girl died after allegedly being sexually assaulted inside her school.
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