Abducted and raped, Hapur teen found dead outside Noida hospital
A 14-year-old girl was found dead in an ambulance outside a hospital in Noida where she was abandoned by two unidentified people, days after being abducted from Hapur district and gang-raped, officials said on Friday. The Noida Police has launched a probe into the matter, while the Hapur Police is separately investigating the case based on a complaint from her family, according to officials.
The men left her in an ambulance at Noida hospital
The Class 10 girl went missing from Hapur on March 22. Two people had brought her to a private hospital in Noida on March 31 where they left her in an ambulance. The duo then left on the pretext of getting money from an ATM. However, they did not return after which the hospital staff alerted the local Sector 24 Police Station in Noida.
Police is checking the CCTV footage
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said upon examination, the girl was declared dead by the hospital doctors and the body was taken into police custody. CCTV footage from the hospital and nearby locations has been examined to identify the people who had brought the girl to the hospital and left her there, he said, adding further investigation was being carried out.
Other cases of crime against women reported in UP
In late March, this year, two teenage sisters were found dead in Jasauli village of Bisalpur. The girls, aged 17 and 20, had gone out of their lodging facility to attend to nature's call at night but did not return. One of them was located dead in a field while the other was found hanging from a tree.