NOIDA: A resident of Noida has written a letter to the UP chief minister alleging inaction by police in a rape case. The man claims that his wife was gang-raped a day before Karva Chauth at their house in Sector 49. He says the miscreants thrashed him when he tried to stop them.

He claims to have approached the women's police station in-charge as well as the local cops but refused to mention rape charges in the FIR. The cops even tore off the complaint, he alleged.

The accused, who are said to be well-connected, have allegedly threatened the victim to withdraw the case, forcing the family to move to a safe place.

Deputy superintendent of police Raj Kumar Mishr said the case was not in his knowledge. "I have no idea what exactly happened. I will call the victim to my office to understand the entire case. I will ensure that a case would be registered under the appropriate sections and action is taken against the culprits," said DSP Mishr.

Sources said three men barged into the victim's residence and raped his wife. "He was near his home when drunk youths from the nearby village entered the house and forced themselves on his wife. When he tried to save her, they beat him up and fled," said a family friend.

The victim's house comes under the Sector 49 police station. A day before Karva Chauth, three miscreants barged into his residence and raped his wife.

"The cops also tore off the complaint by saying that the FIR would not be lodged under rape sections. The cops only lodged FIR of assault," the family friend added.

Fed up with the police behaviour the victim has approached the Uttar Pradesh chief minister through a letter but he has little hope that stringent action would be taken.

