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AGRA: The father of a gangrape victim has defied a village panchayat in the Aligarh district by lodging a complaint against the accused. "If any such thing happened and is revealed in investigations, strict action will be taken against them too," he added. They wanted him to bury the issue and offered "compensation" money.The father, however, refused to accept their proposal and filed a complaint against the accused on Saturday. Pandey said the victim's family had also accused two local girls of allegedly helping the men and thus cases have been registered against them also.However, he was "not aware" about the local panchayat trying to hush up the case by offering money to the girl's family. They allegedly took her to a secluded spot and raped her.The girl's father claimed that after he had informed the villagers about the incident and sought their help to get the suspects booked, the local panchayat held a meeting and pressured him not to file any police complaint..