Close on the heels of cases of police excesses in Chandauli and Lalitpur, in two more incidents bringing shame to the police force, a minor was allegedly raped by a cop in Aligarh while a Dalit woman was manhandled to death by policemen in Firozabad.

In the first incident, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a policeman who is related to her family in the village near Atrauli in Aligarh.

The accused policeman, who was posted in the Bulandshahr district, was suspended on Sunday after a report from the Aligarh senior superintendent of police was sent about the incident that took place on Friday.

According to the police, the girl is from Kasganj district and she was visiting a relative in the village near Atrauli. The accused policeman, who is related to the family, had gone to the village as well, and on Friday night, he took the girl to a neighbouring village on his motorcycle and allegedly raped her.

Later, the cop also allegedly threatened the girl with dire consequences if she disclosed the incident to anyone, and fled the spot, according to the FIR. However, the minor somehow managed to return to her relative's place and informed them about the incident, following which a case was registered at the Atrauli police station. The accused was arrested on Saturday evening, and the girl was admitted to a hospital for medical examination.

A senior police officer said a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the policeman after the medical report confirmed the rape charge.

The incident came to light days after a 13-year-old rape survivor was allegedly raped again by the in-charge of a police station in Lalitpur when she had gone there to file a complaint. The accused Station House Officer Tilakdhari Saroj was arrested on May 4, while all cops posted at the police station, where the alleged incident took place, were removed from duty.

In the second incident, an elderly woman died after being assaulted by a police team at her home in Firozabad, her family members alleged on Sunday.

They alleged that 60-year-old Radha Devi was “violently shaken” following which she collapsed and died. The woman’s husband, Fauran Singh, was also admitted to the hospital apparently due to trauma of his wife’s death, according to family members.

The police have ordered a probe into the incident. The woman’s four sons were released from Tundla jail in Firozabad on Saturday, police said. They were jailed last month after they attacked their relatives over some dispute.

Superintendent of Police (City) Mukesh Chandra Mishra said,” A police team reached the house of the family in Pachkhora police station limits on Saturday evening to check on the brothers. But an altercation took place between the family members and the police team.”

Mishra said the family members alleged that during the altercation, the woman was “violently shaken” by a policeman following which she collapsed and died.

“The body has been sent for post-mortem,” the SP (City) said.

According to the family members, Singh’s condition also deteriorated on Sunday after which he was admitted to the hospital.

“A probe has been ordered into the entire incident and action will be taken against anyone found guilty,” the police officer said.