Lucknow: After the Unnao horror and suicide by Kanpur rape survivor last week, the chilling sequel of police apathy in Uttar Pradesh continued in neighbouring Sultanpur district, where cops kept their eyes wide shut for four days while a Class 11 girl student with a smashed skull died in hospital after stalkers allegedly drove their bike over her.

The girl was returning home on a bicycle after school hours when she was stopped and assaulted by bike-borne molesters in Lambhua area of Sultanpur on August 8. The 16-year-old raised an alarm when the youths passed lewd remarks. Her screams drew a crowd and the bikers fled, said her family members. But hardly had the girl peddled 500m, when she was again intercepted by her stalkers, who pinned her to the ground and drove their bike over her head. Bystanders took her to the district hospital and informed her family.

Talking to TOI, the girl’s grandfather said, “I shuttled between home and police station and pleaded with cops to register an FIR, but the Lambhua SHO paid no heed.”

“On August 11, when the girl began to sink, she was referred to KGMU Trauma Centre in Lucknow. Here too, the doctors refused to treat her. We were forced to rush her to a private hospital, where she died on the night of August 14. Police took cognizance of my complaint on August 11, only after doctors at Sultanpur district said her condition was critical,” he said. The KGMU media in charge Sandeep Tiwari told TOI that the doctor on duty on the fateful night is on leave and sought time to clarify.

“Don’t know why the three youths killed her, what was her fault. My grand-daughter was a brilliant student and never skipped school,” said the inconsolable grandfather.

The doctor of a private hospital, who treated the school girl, said the girl suffered deep fractures on left side of the skull and multiple fractures on the body. “Such fractures happen when a bike or heavy vehicle runs over the body,” he told TOI on condition of anonymity.

Talking to TOI, Sultanpur SP, Himanshu Kumar, said a senior IPS officer is probing the case. Kumar defended his force and said police acted on time.

