A woman was allegedly gang-raped and looted of cash and jewellery worth Rs3 lakh by a gang of armed robbers in Narayanpur village of Hapur district in Western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The accused fled the spot after raping the woman in an agricultural field in the area.
According to police, the incident took place at midnight when 14 robbers — armed with pistols, iron rods and knives — barged into the woman’s father-in-law Saleem’s house. “The robbers took all six members of the family hostage. They pillaged all the valuables, including Rs30,000 in cash,jewellery worth over Rs2 lakh,” said a police official. After the break-in, they abducted the woman and took her to a nearby agriculture field where three of them raped her. The victim was later left there, unconscious. later, she was found by her family and neighbours in an unconscious state in the feild. She is currently undergoing treatment.