Kushinagar cop attempts to rape teen girl, booked

LUCKNOW: A police constable was booked on Sunday for allegedly trying to rape a 14-year-old girl in Kushinagar. The accused constable of 2018 batch was posted in Mansachapur police outpost of Jahata Bazaar police station. He was booked under IPC sections and POCSO Act. He has also been suspended.
The allegations will be probed by a circle officer.
SHO Jahata Bazaar Rashid Khan said the survivor lodged a complaint against the constable.The medical report of the survivor is awaited.
On Saturday evening, the survivor was returning home from the market when the accused stopped her and allegedly tried to rape her. The girl, however, managed to free herself and ran towards her home. She told her parents about the incident.
Her parents alleged that initially the police refused to lodge an FIR. But the survivor’s family along with their neighhbours protested outside the police outpost. Later, on the directive of SP Kushinagar, a case got lodged and the accused constable was suspended.