Budaun: The brutal gangrape and murder of a 50-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun district could have been avoided if the victim had not gone out in the evening, said a member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday while expressing her dissatisfaction with the police action in the case.
“I tell women again and again that they should never go out at odd hours under anyone’s influence,” said NCW member Chandramukhi Devi after meeting the woman’s family members.
“I think if she had not gone out in the evening or was accompanied by any child of the family perhaps this incident could have been avoided. But this was pre-planned as she was called through a phone call. She went (out) and then returned in such a state,” she told reporters at the victim’s village in the district.
On Sunday, the 50-year-old anganwadi worker who had gone to a temple was found dead under mysterious circumstances. Her family members have accused the temple priest and his aides of raping and murdering her.
A case has been registered against the accused and two of them were arrested on Tuesday night, while the priest is still absconding.
“I am not satisfied with the role of the police. Had timely action been taken, perhaps the life of the victim could have been saved,” said Devi, who arrived in the village on Wednesday night.
The SSP has told me that the woman was found in an unconscious state and had she got treatment, her life could have been saved. The FIR was filed late and the post mortem examination was also done much later, she said, adding that the autopsy report explains that the incident was “most sickening and unfortunate”.
