LUCKNOW, June 10 -- The Uttar Pradesh state commission for backward classes will send a delegation to Kaushambi to probe a recent incident of a fake rape case involving an 8-year-old girl from Lohanda Dhana Saini village of that district.

As per the police probe, no rape was committed there and a false FIR was lodged by the girl's father. The commission took the decision at a meeting convened to discuss several issues on Tuesday.

Presiding over the meeting, chairman of the commission Rajesh Varma raised the issue and sought suggestions from members. It was decided that a committee will be sent to investigate the incident.

The committee will be led by the OBC commission's vice chairman Surya Prakash Pal and will include members Vinod Ku...