A woman was allegedly gang raped and brutally murdered in Fezganj Behat area of Badaun. Reports said that the body of a woman, aged around 28, was found in an agricultural field in Manunagar village on Tuesday morning. Superintendent of Police( Rural), Balendru Bhushan Singh said that the body bore several cut marks and the circumstantial evidences suggested that she was gang raped before being murdered.
It also seems that the crime took place at some other place as the body was dumped after tying both legs and hands together. Singh said that the identity of the victim is yet to be ascertained but they were making efforts in this regard. The body has been sent for post-mortem. Earlier, Badaun came to the limelight in the gruesome murder of two cousin sisters in Katra village but later the CBI probe claimed that they had committed suicide.
Meanwhile a 17-year-old girl has allegedly committed suicide by setting herself afire apparently over being repeatedly harassed by a youth in Anta village in Kanpur Dehat on Monday. The incident took place when alone in her house, the girl, upset over being harassed, shut herself in a room and set herself ablaze.
On seeing the flames, some neighbours entered her house after breaking the door but by then she had succumbed to her burn injuries.
The victim’s father in a complaint has alleged that, her daughter, who was a class 12 student, used to be upset as one Deepu (22), belonging to same village, harassed his daughter frequently. On Monday evening also he had troubled her, he added. On the basis of the complaint, an FIR has been registered in this connection, Station Officer of Rasoolabad police station, Jitendra Yadav said. The body has been sent for postmortem, he said, adding, search is on to nab Deepu, who is on the run.