LUCKNOW: A woman cop in her mid-40s was found in a pool of blood with deep cut on face and head injury inside Saryu Express at Ayodhya junction railway station in Uttar Pradesh.
The condition of the cop is now claimed to be stable.
On Wednesday, at around 4 am, a passenger who boarded Saryu express from Ayodhya junction, alerted on duty GRP men at platform about the injured woman cop, who was lying beneath the lower berth in the general coach that was third from the locomotive engine.
Video footage captured inside the coach by first responders, saw the woman cop struggling in pain while she bled. The victim was without her lower part of uniform when rescued.
The cop was first taken to a local hospital for medical aid and from there she was referred to King George’s Medical University trauma center in Lucknow.
“Her condition is stable, but the cop is still not in condition to speak. Based on the written complaint of her brother, an FIR has been lodged under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty),” said superintendent of police, Poonam Yadav of GRP Lucknow division while speaking to TOI.
According to GRP, the injured cop was on duty when she sustained grievous injuries.
“The victim is posted in Sultanpur district with 181 women helpline cell under Kotwali police limits. She was assigned duty for ‘sawan ka mela’ at Ayodhya district and was supposed to alight at Ayodhya Junction, but somehow she missed to deboard at station,” said Pappu Yadav, the station house officer of Ayodhya Cantt station GRP.
GRP claimed, the injured cop had boarded Saryu express at 9:15 pm on Tuesday night from and was supposed to alight at Ayodhya junction at 12:01 am, as her duty timing was 3 am to 3pm on Wednesday.
“The victim continued her journey in the train. Saryu express reached its last destination Mankapur junction at 12:50 am, which was 38 km away from Ayodhya junction. On the return journey from Mankapur junction, the train reached Ayodhya junction at 3:46 am, and it was here the passengers who boarded the express alerted the GRP men,” said official source.
SP GRP, Poonam Yadav said, “There were no other passengers in the coach when the victim was rescued, however it was the passengers of Ayodhya junction that alerted GRP after they had boarded the coach and saw the injured cop.”
“Since the case is of sensitive nature and still in its initial stage, no further comments can be made. We have sent the recovered items from the victim to the forensic department for further detail probe,” she added.
Meanwhile, KGMU spokesperson Sudhir Singh said, “The cop is now in stable condition.”
The injured cops hail from Prayagraj and joined Uttar Pradesh police in 1998. She is unmarried.
The condition of the cop is now claimed to be stable.
On Wednesday, at around 4 am, a passenger who boarded Saryu express from Ayodhya junction, alerted on duty GRP men at platform about the injured woman cop, who was lying beneath the lower berth in the general coach that was third from the locomotive engine.
Video footage captured inside the coach by first responders, saw the woman cop struggling in pain while she bled. The victim was without her lower part of uniform when rescued.
The cop was first taken to a local hospital for medical aid and from there she was referred to King George’s Medical University trauma center in Lucknow.
“Her condition is stable, but the cop is still not in condition to speak. Based on the written complaint of her brother, an FIR has been lodged under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty),” said superintendent of police, Poonam Yadav of GRP Lucknow division while speaking to TOI.
According to GRP, the injured cop was on duty when she sustained grievous injuries.
“The victim is posted in Sultanpur district with 181 women helpline cell under Kotwali police limits. She was assigned duty for ‘sawan ka mela’ at Ayodhya district and was supposed to alight at Ayodhya Junction, but somehow she missed to deboard at station,” said Pappu Yadav, the station house officer of Ayodhya Cantt station GRP.
GRP claimed, the injured cop had boarded Saryu express at 9:15 pm on Tuesday night from and was supposed to alight at Ayodhya junction at 12:01 am, as her duty timing was 3 am to 3pm on Wednesday.
“The victim continued her journey in the train. Saryu express reached its last destination Mankapur junction at 12:50 am, which was 38 km away from Ayodhya junction. On the return journey from Mankapur junction, the train reached Ayodhya junction at 3:46 am, and it was here the passengers who boarded the express alerted the GRP men,” said official source.
SP GRP, Poonam Yadav said, “There were no other passengers in the coach when the victim was rescued, however it was the passengers of Ayodhya junction that alerted GRP after they had boarded the coach and saw the injured cop.”
“Since the case is of sensitive nature and still in its initial stage, no further comments can be made. We have sent the recovered items from the victim to the forensic department for further detail probe,” she added.
Meanwhile, KGMU spokesperson Sudhir Singh said, “The cop is now in stable condition.”
The injured cops hail from Prayagraj and joined Uttar Pradesh police in 1998. She is unmarried.