Acid attack: Police detain BSNL employee, but let him off

  • | Wednesday | 13th September, 2017

Though we detained a BSNL employee, who has been named by the victim for acid attack , he was let off after interrogation. AGRA: A day after a gangrape victim was attacked with acid, police detained a BSNL employee and questioned him after she named him for the deadly attack. "The victim claimed that on Monday night, she was abducted and assaulted by Suresh, another BSNL employee, and rape accused Amar Singh and Yogender Singh," said counsel Akhilesh Shukla. "Amar Singh and Yogendar Singh were granted bail and are absconding after acid attack. Once the woman gives a written complaint against the accused with their names, we will arrest the accused and file chargesheet accordingly.

AGRA: A day after a gangrape victim was attacked with acid, police detained a BSNL employee and questioned him after she named him for the deadly attack. However, Fatehgarh police let the employee off after interrogation.According to superintendent of police (SP), Farrukhabad, Daya Nand Misra , "The victim has alleged that she was attacked by three men, including those who had raped her earlier and are currently on bail. Though we detained a BSNL employee, who has been named by the victim for acid attack , he was let off after interrogation."Police claimed, an FIR has been lodged against unknown men based on a written complaint filed by dial 100 cops, who first recovered the woman from Central Jail road on Monday night. Police have booked the unknown men under Section 326 A (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc) of the IPC.On anonymity, a senior cop said, "Though the three accused have not been named in FIR, their names have been included in the general diary. Once the woman gives a written complaint against the accused with their names, we will arrest the accused and file chargesheet accordingly."At present, the woman is admitted to Kanpur Government Hospital According to victim's lawyer Akhilesh Shukla, "The 27-year-old woman had claimed that she was repeatedly raped and filmed in May by divisional engineer of BSNL Ajay Pratap Singh, sub-divisional officer Amar Singh, Yogendar Singh, another teleco employee, and by an Indian Army soldier, Baljeet Singh Sardar."Amar Singh and Yogendar Singh were granted bail and are absconding after acid attack."The victim claimed that on Monday night, she was abducted and assaulted by Suresh, another BSNL employee, and rape accused Amar Singh and Yogender Singh," said counsel Akhilesh Shukla.

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