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Two cops suspended for burning woman
Lucknow, July 6
Two Uttar Pradesh police
officials were suspended on Monday after a woman accused them of setting
her on fire after a failed attempt to rape her at a police station.
The woman, aged 40, was admitted in a Lucknow hospital with serious burn injuries.
The
woman said she met the officials - station house officer Rai Saheb
Yadav and sub-inspector Akhilesh - at the police station in Barabanki
district on Sunday to enquire about her husband who had been detained.
She
told senior officials that when she pleaded with Yadav and Akhilesh
that her husband was innocent, they tried to rape her. When she raised
an alarm, they doused her with kerosene and set her on fire.
The woman was reportedly rescued by her son and taken to hospital.
Lucknow
Inspector General of Police Zaki Ahmad told IANS that the two officials
had been suspended and an investigation ordered into the woman's
allegations.