UP: Three women cops suspended for taking selfie with gangrape victim

Lucknow: Three Uttar Pradesh Police women constables were suspended on Friday for clicking selfie with the acid attack and gangrape victim at the trauma centre here.

The victim was travelling to Lucknow in Ganga-Gomti Extress when two men forcibly tried to make her consume acid. After the attack, the girl was admitted to a hospital.

The newly formed Uttar Pradesh government has taken the issue very seriously, as on Friday morning, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, along with cabinet minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi himself visited the victim in the hospital to take cognizance of her condition.

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The three suspended women constables were posted in the hospital to provide security to the victim. The photograph of the three constables taking selfie in front of the gangrape and acid attack victim has gone viral over the internet.

Police launched a probe into the matter after the constables were suspended.