Unnao Rape-Murder: Seven Police Personnel, Including SHO, Suspended For Negligence In Case

Bihar Police Station SHO Ajay Tripathi, two Assistant Sub-Inspectors and four Constables were suspended on the orders of Unnao SSP Vikrant Vir on Sunday.

The Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday suspended seven police officers, including a Station House Officer (SHO) for negligence in connection with the burning of an Unnao rape victim. (ANI)

Unnao: The Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday suspended seven police officers, including a Station House Officer (SHO) for negligence in connection with the burning of an Unnao rape victim. Bihar Police Station SHO Ajay Tripathi, two Assistant Sub-Inspectors and four Constables were suspended on the orders of Unnao SSP Vikrant Vir on Sunday. The suspension order read: "All of the above are suspended with immediate effect, keeping in view the negligence of work from the District Unnao of Bihar, laxity, and arbitrariness in the incidents related to crime control/prosecutions." The victim was set on fire when she was on her way to the court outside her village in Bihar police area on Thursday morning. She sustained 90 per cent injuries and was rushed to a government hospital in the district. She was later shifted to a hospital in Lucknow. She succumbed to her injuries at Safdarjang Hospital in New Delhi. Watch | SHO, six other cops suspended for negligence in Unnao case Meanwhile, earlier in the day, the last rites of the victim were performed by her family amid heavy security. The Unnao victim was gang-raped and set ablaze by five men, including two of her rapists on December 5, while she was going to Raebareli for a hearing of the rape case. Her body having suffered 90% burns, the Unnao victim died on Friday night at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest, the doctors in-charge of treating her later informed. (With inputs from agencies)