Two Booked For Nirbhaya-Like Gang Rape, Murder Case In UP; Autopsy Suggests 'Private Parts Brutalised'

The preliminary reports suggest that an iron rod was inserted into victim's private parts, her ribs were broken and her left lung also suffered damage during the attack due to which, she suffered excess bleeding.

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In yet another tragic incident reviving memories of 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case, a 50-year-old Anganwadi worker was gang-raped and killed in the Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh. The alleged incident took place on Sunday evening when the middle-aged woman went to a temple in the Ughaiti area to perform pooja, but never returned. An FIR in the matter was registered on Tuesday evening after the post-mortem repot confirmed that the woman was gangraped and suffered multiple injuries in her private parts. The preliminary reports suggest that an iron rod was inserted into her private parts, her ribs were broken and her left lung also suffered damage during the attack due to which, she suffered excess bleeding. According to the reports, the family members of the victim alleged that three men on Sunday night brought the woman home in a car and told the family that she had fallen in a dry well on the premises. Husband of the victim reportedly said that his wife was brought back alive and soaked in blood, but before she could be inquired, the woman succumbed. The family of the victim has accused the police of a delay in filing the FIR in the case. The kin alleged that the police station officer did not reach the spot even after the complaint. Acting upon the complaint, the authorities have registered a case under relevant sections. A priest and his two disciples have been booked under sections 376-d (gang-rape) and 302 (murder) of IPC at Ughaiti police station of Budaun. While two of the three accused have been arrested, the prime accused is still on the run. Meanwhile, the Station Officer of Ughaiti police station, Raghvendra Pratap Singh, has been suspended.