KANPUR: Upset over inaction by police, a 16-year-old gang-rape survivor allegedly consumed poison outside the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Mainpuri district on Wednesday.

The police personnel rushed her to the hospital, where the doctors stated her condition to be critical.

The girl had been making rounds of Karhal police station , alleging gang-rape by Hemant Pal and his accomplice while she had gone to her fields on the outskirts of village on November 16.

When she did not get help from Karhal police, which booked the accused under petty offences, the girl and her father had tried to approach district magistrate and SP Mainpuri on Nov 21, but there too no one allegedly entertained her complaint.The girl visited the superintendent of police office again on Wednesday and consumed poison in front of the cops and other visitors.Girl's father has accused the police of not lodging an FIR under appropriate Sections of IPC and arresting the accused. He alleged that the accused are being shielded by the police at the behest of influential people of the village.

"We have been getting threats from the accused who have even threatened to kill us. They are roaming freely and the main accused was even spotted outside the Karhal police station while we had gone there to get our complaint registered a few days back," the girl's father said.

Doctors attending her said that she is still not out of danger. Sources informed that the girl, a student of class XI, was frequently stalked by accused Hemant Pal and his accomplice.

SP Mainpuri Shrikant Singh said: "We are looking into the matter and there will be no lack of duty on our part. If there has been any misbehaviour with her by any police officer, we will probe into it and strict action will be taken." SO Karhal said: "A case under Section 376 of IPC had been registered. A team had been formed to trace the accused, who have been taking shelter at a hideout in Delhi."

