A shocking case of gang rape of a minor girl has come to light from the Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh. It is alleged that Samajwadi Party leader Moeed Khan and his servant Raju Khan gang-raped the minor girl a few months ago. They also recorded the video while committing the heinous crime, to blackmail the minor victim. By threatening to leak the obscene video, they continued sexually exploiting her for over 2 months. However, the family came to know about the crime when her health deteriorated and she became pregnant.
It is further alleged that the Bhadarsa Police Station didn’t file an FIR in this matter for more than 30 hours. It is also alleged that since 2012, this Police station had been running from the house of the accused SP leader Moeed Khan.
According to reports, the victim hails from a labourer family and OBC community. On Tuesday (30th July 2024), the police registered a case and arrested the accused SP leader Moeed Khan and his servant Raju.
The incident took place in the Pura Kalandar police station area of Ayodhya. The accused SP leader Khan has a bakery shop near the Bhadarsa Outpost. The minor victim lives with her mother.
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According to the minor victim, around 75 days ago, when she was returning home, Raju, a servant working in Moeed’s shop, lured the victim to his shop by offering her a toast. Since she had been going to the shop earlier as well, she trusted him and went there. It is alleged that both the accused took turns to rape her inside the shop and also recorded obscene video of the entire incident. By threatening to leak the video, they continued sexually exploiting the minor for over 2 months. As a result of continued sexual exploitation, the victim got pregnant.
When she complained of stomach pain, her mother got suspicious. She then narrated the entire incident to her mother who then went on to lodge a Police complaint in this matter.
After receiving information about the incident, Hindu organizations started gathering at the spot. Along with BJP and Bajrang Dal workers, members of the Nishad Party also gathered at the police station.
During the investigation, it was also found that the Bhadarsa police station area where this incident took place was running on the property of the accused SP leader Moeed Khan. The police station was then shifted from Khan’s property to a different place overnight. According to reports, the accused Khan is said to be close to Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad and is the party’s Nagar President of the Bhadarsa region. As per reports, a bank is also operating on Khan’s property.
The victim’s mother alleges that after she filed the complaint, she is facing constant pressure to withdraw the case.
She said that when they went to confront Moeed Khan, he gave them Rs 2,000 for medication and said, “Get treatment, abortion medication is available. All of this keeps happening.” When we asked where is your servant Raju? He said that Raju does not work for them.
The victim’s mother added that they belong to a poor family. Taking advantage of this, those people did wrong things to my daughter.
Police have arrested SP leader Moeed Khan and his servant Raju. They have filed an FIR under sections of gang rape and POCSO Act. Meanwhile, the Police are also probing whether Khan’s bakery shop has proper documentation or not.
