Uttar Pradesh: Jagdish Giri alias Jyoti Bala Baba, who allegedly raped a Dalit woman in Kasganj 12 years ago, faces trial and is sent to jail

Lucknow, July 21: A man accused of raping a Dalit woman in 2012 recently surrendered before a court in Uttar Pradesh. The accused has been identified as Jagdish Giri alias Jyoti Bala Baba (58). A ‘fugitive’ Baba, Jagdish Giri, is alleged to have raped a woman 12 years ago in Kasganj region of Uttar Pradesh. He recently surrendered before the Kasganj district court.

According to a report in Indian TimesThe alleged incident took place in 2012 when a Dalt woman went to the police and filed a rape complaint against Jagdish Giri. Giri, popularly known as Jyoti Bala Baba, hails from Badariya village under Soron police station area of ​​Kasganj district. Uttar Pradesh: Groom’s father falls in love with bride’s mother and elopes with her shortly before the wedding in Kasganj.

After his surrender, the Kasganj District Court sent Giri to jail. Speaking about the case, DSP Ajit Chauhan said that the accused was popular in Kasganj district at that time. Based on the woman’s complaint, an FIR was filed against Jyoti Bala Baba under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Chauhan also said that they would interrogate Giri and charge him with rape. The next hearing in the case is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 24. In another incident, a 21-year-old man was brutally killed in Agra for allegedly talking to his girlfriend on the phone against her brother’s wishes. Shock from Uttar Pradesh: 7-year-old girl hospitalized after being raped by drunk man in Maharajganj, accused arrested.

The incident came to light when the body of the deceased man with his head partially crushed was found on July 11 at a farm near Leather Park in the jurisdiction of Kirawali police of the district.

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