MEERUT: A forty five-year-old guy accused of raping a 22-year-old girl allegedly escaped from police custody after villagers, together with gram pradhan Mohd Rouf, “faced the law enforcement officials and helped him flee”. Police registered an FIR in opposition to Rouf and greater than 30 villagers for allegedly facilitating accused Mohd Afzal’s break out. The incident came about at Ahmedgarh village in UP’s Bulandshahr district on Sept 4.
SHO Premchand Sharma mentioned on Tuesday: “On Aug 28, a case was once registered in opposition to Afzal of Chehla village for raping a lady from every other position at the promise of marriage. After managing to evade arrest for a couple of days by way of hiding in properties of locals every time a police group went to the village, two constables in civil get dressed controlled to nab him on Sept 4. However as Afzal was once being taken clear of a space, villagers stopped the law enforcement officials and the accused driven probably the most constables and jumped from the terrace.”Sharma mentioned: “Right through investigation, we discovered that citizens had even positioned a tractor to dam a slim highway and lengthen police from shifting out…”An FIR was once due to this fact registered below BNS sections 121 (grievous harm to public servant), 126 (wrongful restraint), 132 (attack on public servant), 190, 191, 191 (2) (commonplace intent), and 221 (obstruction in discharge of responsibility) in opposition to 12 named individuals, together with village head, and 15-20 unknown folks.A video the place Afzal can also be observed purportedly pushing a constable and fleeing from custody has surfaced on-line.On Tuesday, villagers met Bulandshahr SSP Dinesh Kumar Singh who confident them of an even probe within the rape case and the occasions resulting in Afzal’s break out. “Groups were shaped to arrest Afzal. We also are probing how he controlled to flee from custody,” Singh mentioned.Some villagers claimed there was once confusion concerning the law enforcement officials’ identification. “Rouf was once coming back from a farm when he was once knowledgeable that an unknown guy had barged right into a space claiming to be from the thana. Since no person within the village knew him, they requested for evidence. Afzal, within the intervening time, controlled to escape. We are able to cooperate with the police of their investigation. Motion will have to be taken in opposition to the culprits however the blameless will have to no longer be centered,” mentioned Adil Ali Khan, an area villager who witnessed the incident.The SHO, then again, mentioned the 2 constables in plainclothes had been from the village police submit and recognized to one of the vital locals.