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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Uttar Pradesh
the transit lock-up where she was brutally
beaten up, leaving her with a fractured
hand and a bleeding head. A medical
report, which was sent to the court,
confirmed her injuries due to severe
beating. The authorities concerned,
however, did not even order an inquiry
into the incident, leave alone taking any
action against the guilty police personnel. 23
On 27 November 2004, two constables
identified as Gajbe Alam and Ram Ratna
posted at Alambagh police station in
Lucknow allegedly illegally detained a
young woman alongwith a friend of her for
two hours and extorted Rs.7,000 and a
mobile phone from her. The woman also
accused the constables of molesting her. On
receiving a complaint from the victim, the
police arrested the accused. 24
On the night of 15 December 2004, six
policemen including Station House Officer
of Aliganj police station in Bareily town
allegedly raided the house of one Nempal in
connection with a case of looting. As the
suspect Nempal was not found, the police
team allegedly brutally beat up his wife
Premvati. She was seven-month pregnant.
She sustained serious injuries, and suffered
miscarriage due to the beating. Following a
complaint on 17 December 2004, an
inquiry was conducted by the
Superintendent of Police who found the
allegations of beatings by the policemen
prima facie true. The six policemen
identified as SHO of Aliganj police station,
Vipin Tyagi, Krishan Pal Singh,
Ishalamudin, More Mukut, Rambhajan and
Rajbhadur were suspended. 25
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On 20 December 2004, police raided a
series of cyber cafés in Agra and arrested
42 persons in the age group of 16-19 years
for allegedly surfing pornographic sites. 26
On 21 December 2004, police conducted
similar raids in Aligarh, where many
teenaged boys and girls were harassed and
humiliated. During a raid on a cybercafe in
Civil Lines area of Aligarh, a male officer
allegedly dragged a girl student by her hair
and forced her to face the camera of a local
news channel. 27 Six girls were taken to
police station and later released. 28 No
women police was reported to be present
during the raid. 29 On 24 December 2004,
the NHRC took suo motu cognizance of
the report of alleged police highhandedness
during the raids, and sought
report from the state government within
two weeks. 30
On the night of 15 January 2004, 35year-old
Kamlesh, mother of four, was
allegedly beaten, stripped and set on fire in
Bohich village in Buland Sharh district by
three people of the same village. In the
absence of her husband Sukhvir, the victim
was sleeping with her four children at
home when she was attacked. She later
died in a hospital. The cause behind the
humiliation and murder was suspected to
be non-payment of loan of Rs 20,000
taken by Sukhvir from one of the three
assailants, Mahesh, on the condition that
Mahesh would get a part of Sukhvir’s land
if he could not repay. 31
On the night of 22 February 2004,
seven tribal girls were allegedly gangraped
by unidentified armed persons at a