Lucknow, Aug 7: The medical examination of the 20-year-old former madrasa teacher, who has alleged that she was abducted, gangraped and forcibly converted to Islam, has found that she had been operated for ectopic pregnancy — a complication arising out of the foetus growing outside the uterus — last month, according to the police.
The woman, who was a part-time teacher at a madrasa in Sarawa village of Meerut's Kharkhoda police station area, had alleged that she was operated in a Muzaffarnagar hospital on July 23. She had marks of stitches on her stomach.
DGP A L Banerjee said the medical examination found that a surgery was performed on the girl for ectopic pregnancy. “The girl's statement under CrPC 164 has been recorded before a magistrate and police will probe the case on the basis of that statement,” said Banerjee.
In Lucknow, secretary (home) Kamal Saksena and IG (Law and Order) Amrendra Sengar, said the medical examination has not stated anything about sexual assault.
DIG, Meerut Range, K Satyanarayan also confirmed the medical examination's finding but said that no organs of her body have been found missing.
The DIG also said that police have found an affidavit about the woman's religious conversion, which was performed by a maulvi from Hapur. The woman has alleged that she was forced to sign the affidavit, dated July 30. “We have taken the maulvi, who performed the conversion, into custody. He says the woman got converted voluntarily,” Satyanarayan said, adding that they were further probing the allegation.
According to police, the woman's allegation that other Hindu women were also abducted and kept at a madrasa in Muzaffarnagar has not been found true. \”Police visited the madarasa in Muzaffarnagar but no Hindu women were found there. Police are investigating it but her allegation about others being kept captive at madrasa has not been found true,” the DIG said.
Muzaffarnagar SSP HN Singh also said the police did not find any Hindu women in the madarasa.
Police have already arrested three persons — Sarawa village pradhan Nawab; Samar, the wife of main accused Sataullah; and Nishat, the woman's friend, who allegedly got the complainant in touch with the main accused.
Victim herself gave application to convert
Commenting on the Meerut gang-rape case, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal said the victim herself gave an application in court to change her religion, but now she is levelling allegations.
Agarwal said that the probe should be concluded first and the media should be more responsible in reporting the facts truly.
He added, "I think we should wait for investigations, even in Badaun case we saw how the case changed direction."
The SP leader also stated that there was a conspiracy to defame the Uttar Pradesh government, initiated by the central government and carried out by the BJP.
The Superintendent of Police (SP), Rural Area, M M Baig also sought to assure that a thorough investigation is going on in the Meerut gang rape case.
Baig said, "The FIR was filed on August 3 in which four persons were named. Out of four, three were arrested on the same day itself and sent to jail."
Congress' Shobha Oza demanded action against the guilty, "Strict action should be taken against the culprits, guilty should be severely punished."
A 20-year-old teacher of Hindi and English in the Sarawa village madrasa in Kharkhauda had claimed that she was gang- raped and forced to adopt the religion of a particular community and to change her name.
The woman reportedly managed to escape from the kidnappers on August 2. Afterwards, she contacted her family who rescued her. A complaint was also filed later with the police.
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