Shravasti: Police have registered a case against six people, including five named suspects, for allegedly luring a minor girl from Nainital (Uttarakhand) into a “love trap,” forcing her religious conversion, and sexually assaulting her. Four police personnel, including a station officer and three constables, have been suspended for allegedly taking bribes to release the accused.According to police reports, Abdul Rahman, a resident of Laxmanpur Kothi, brought the minor girl from Nainital in Feb by deceiving her and began keeping her as his wife. When the girl became pregnant, Rahman took her to a local doctor, along with his father Naseer, to get an abortion.The victim was then hidden at the house of Rahman’s brother-in-law Maiku, who also sexually assaulted her. Rahman subsequently married another girl. The minor was later kept at the house of another brother-in-law, Asraafil, a resident of Bahraich, who also sexually assaulted her. When the matter came to police attention, two constables from Malhipur police station Vijay Yadav and Dinesh Shukla allegedly took Rs 1.20 lakh and released Rahman and Naseer. Later, when officers at Sonwa police station, including Station Officer Atul Yadav, learned about the case, they allegedly took Rs 3 lakh to suppress the entire matter. Police showed the minor girl as a vagrant and sent her from a One Stop Centre with an alleged cousin named Priyanshu Arya.Following complaints from local residents, SP Ghanshyam Chaurasiya took cognisance of the matter. Cases were registered against Abdul Rahman, his father Naseer, brothers-in-law Maiku and Israafil, Alimul, and one unknown person under various sections including kidnapping, wrongful confinement, sexual assault, and forced abortion.SP Chaurasiya said the investigation revealed negligence by Sonwa SHO Gannath Prasad, who has been attached to police lines. Sonwa police inspector Atul Yadav and constable Girish Sharma, along with Malhipur police station constables Vijay Yadav and Dinesh Shukla, have been suspended.
