KANPUR, Jan. 9 -- Days after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped in a moving SUV by a sub-inspector and his aide-a local YouTuber- in Sachendi area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, police are still searching for the sub-inspector (S-I) who remains untraceable.

The delay in arresting the accused S-I has sharpened questions about institutional response in a case that has already led to suspensions and transfers. The alleged gangrape was committed on the night of January 5 (Monday).

According to the FIR lodged on Wednesday and the survivor's statement, the minor had stepped out of her house late at night when she was intercepted by a local YouTuber, Shivbaran, and sub-inspector Amit Maurya, the then in-charge of the Bhimsen ...