A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by five men and later burnt alive in a temple in Sambhal district, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
The five accused barged into the victim’s house and raped her by taking turns before leaving. However, they returned a few minutes later, dragged the woman out of her house and took her to a nearby temple where she was torched alive.
According to The Times of India report, the woman, who is also a mother of two children had dialled UP police emergency helpline-100, minutes before the accused came in again but no one responded to her call.
The husband of the victim told the police, “All the five accused barged into my house finding my wife alone around 2.30 am on Saturday. They took turns to rape her. It was raining heavily and only a kerosene lamp was lit in the room at that time.”
“After the incident, my wife narrated the whole incident to her cousin since my phone and her brother’s phone could not be reached. Before my wife’s cousin could inform the police and other family members, the accused came again and dragged my wife out and took her to a nearby temple where they torched her at the ‘yagyashala’,” he added.
A police official told ANI, “We have asked the family to file an FIR after which we’ll take action. Accused will be nabbed soon. Rest of the action will be taken after post-mortem report comes.”
The police have also secured a recording of the call that the deceased made to her cousin. No arrests have been made till date.
Sambhal: A woman was allegedly burned to death by unidentified people after she resisted a gang rape. Police say,"We have asked the family to file an FIR after which we'll take action. Accused will be nabbed soon. Rest of the action will be taken after post-mortem report comes." pic.twitter.com/Rl9YreGV34
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The five accused have been identified as Aram Singh, Mahaveer, Charan Singh, Gullu and Kumarpal.