Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), October 14: A heinous crime has been reported from Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur, where a teenage girl has alleged that she was raped by 28 men, including her father and some politicians. Reports are based on the complaint filed by the minor on Tuesday, with the police.

The 17-year-old girl has complained that the alleged perpetrators have been sexually assaulting her for several years. Members of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP), including their district presidents, are also among those accused by the minor.

Since the time the minor who is studying in Class XI, made these allegations, there is a major furore in the district’s administration, police and political circles. Taking the matter seriously, the police officials have started investigations against all the 28 accused including the father, SP District President Tilak Yadav and BSP District President Deepak Ahirwar.

Based on the complaint, an FIR has been registered at Lalitpur police station under sections 354 (assault of a woman), 376 D (gang rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 506 (criminal intimidation), 120 B (party to criminal conspiracy) of IPC as well as sections 5 and 6 of the POCSO Act.

According to the FIR registered, the victim, when she was in Class 6, was forcibly shown pornographic videos by her father, who had subsequently raped her in a field in Maheshpura. After the incident, the father regularly began to take her to inns where she was gang-raped by multiple men.

The victim and her mother were also threatened with dire consequences if they told anything about the incident to anyone, due to which she remained silent and continued to be exploited for years. It is only subsequent to their meeting with the SP that a lot of seriousness has been accorded to the matter.

"It is a very rare and sensitive case and we are taking it seriously. The medical examination of the victim has been performed and her statement has also been recorded," the Lalitpur Superintendent of Police said.

Additional SP Lalitpur, Girjesh Kumar said, “the matter is extremely sensitive, so we are examining the accused based on the statement by the victim. In this case, a man has broken the trust of his own daughter and wife. His acts have made the entire family a laughing stock and added a black mark on the pious and clean father-daughter relationship. We are handling this matter very seriously and sensitively. As a part of the investigation, we have arrested the accused father.”

We have not yet arrested anyone else in this case. As soon as we receive the medical report, we will start arresting the accused, he added.

However, disbelieving the victim, the local BSP and Samajwadi Party members held a protest against the conspiracy. They were blaming BJP over this conspiracy and are saying that BJP wants to spoil their reputation and get benefited in the upcoming assembly election.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party leader Tilak Yadav, who has been named in the FIR, said that a conspiracy had been hatched against him. “I will commit suicide if implicated; this is a case of marital dispute. I will submit a memorandum to SP and District Magistrate tomorrow seeking a fair probe. I have not even met the student who made these allegations and it is a conspiracy designed to destroy me and my family.” He demanded a fair probe into the matter.

While the BSP District President Deepak Ahirwar while talking to media has blamed BJP categorically for this and terming it as a fiasco said, “I do not know the girl, this is a complete conspiracy, and the student has filed a complaint in the name of her father. I have never met the girl and any of her relatives. This is a complete conspiracy, a conspiracy of the people of Bhartiya Janata Party.”