The medical report had ruled out rape, claimed the SSP (Representative Image) | Photo Credit: BCCL

Key Highlights In her complaint, the girl alleged that the incident took place on January 19 SSP, Meerut said that the medical report ruled out signs of rape The girl's body has been sent for post-mortem to establish the cause of death

Lucknow: A minor girl was found hanging in her home in Meerut city of Uttar Pradesh on February 12. Family members claim that the girl was raped by a local man on January 19 of this year. However, the man is yet to be arrested since the medical examination report conflicted with the claims.

Senior Superintendent of Police (Meerut) Ajay Sahani said that a call was made to the local law enforcement department about the death of a girl. A team of police personnel was dispatched to the spot and found the girl hanging from a ceiling fan in her room, added the SSP. Sahani also confirmed that the girl had filed a case of rape against a 65-year-old man. However, the medical report did not establish sexual assault.

At the time of her death in the early hours of Friday, the police were still investigating the claims made by the girl and her family members against the accused. In fact, parents of the deceased have even claimed that they were being pressurised to withdraw the case of rape against the 65-year-old accused. Villagers allege that the incident coincides with the local body elections and could have a political connotation to it but the same is yet to be confirmed.

Going by the most recent inputs, the girl's body has been sent for post-mortem and a final report of the same will establish the cause of death of the 17-and-a-half-year-old girl. Now, a police investigation has revealed that the girl was forced by family members to file a fake rape case. Videos recovered from her cell phone are being cited as evidence to support this theory.

In December of last year, two such cases had come to light from different parts of Uttar Pradesh. In the first case, a woman consumed poison outside the SSP's office in Varanasi after alleging police inaction over her complaint of gang-rape against local youths. Another woman in Unnao set herself ablaze outside the SP's office in the same month. Her family members claimed that the police failed to act on her complaint of rape.