Badaun: 4 people, including a constable, accused in the gang-rape and murder of two minor girls in Uttar Pradesh, were arrested on Thursday. The police constable has been identified as Sarvesh Yadav.
The National Commission for Women has, meanwhile, taken a suo moto cognisance and decided to send a team here to probe into the gruesome case.
The two cousins had gone missing from their house on Tuesday night, following which their bodies were found hanging from a mango tree in the village on Wednesday morning in Ushait area here.
The villagers also alleged that the girls were first gang-raped and then hanged from the tree. They further alleged the police showed apathy and refused to register an FIR on Tuesday night.
The villagers later protested by blocking traffic with dead bodies on Ushait-Lilawan Road and also demanded suspension of all the policemen posted in Ushait Police station. They also demanded a visit by the state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to the village in this connection.
Two teenage sisters were allegedly gang-raped and later hanged from a tree in Katra village here, police said on today. The girls were aged between 14 and 15 years.
Bureau Report
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