Summary:
Bijnor: A group of residents of a village under Bijnor city police station staged a protest at the office of superintendent of police (SP), demanding immediate arrest of an accused who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl on Wednesday. Raids were on to nab him.Later, SP Umesh Singh met a delegation of the villagers and assured them that action would be taken in this connection. Station house officer Bijendra Rana, assured villagers that the accused would be arrested soon. Her family said though local police had registered an FIR, they had failed to arrest the accused.According to sources, the girl was returning home from the field after collecting fodder when Mohammad Dilshad, 32, accosted her. The father of five children allegedly picked her up and took her to a sugarcane field where he raped her.On Friday, villagers led by BKU national vice-president Dharamveer Singh and state unit general secretary reached the SP office and staged a protest against laxity on the part of police.A police force was rushed to the SP office to control the situation..