UP-shocker: Five-men rape mother-of-two, then burn her alive in temple
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In a shocking incident, a mother of two, aged 35 years, was gang-raped by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and then burnt alive in a nearby temple on Saturday. The horrific incident took place when the woman was sleeping with her kids in their home. The men barged in at around 2:30 AM and then took turns to rape her.
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Woman dialled 100 for help, no one answered the call
The woman's husband, who works as a laborer in Ghaziabad, said it was raining heavily and only one kerosene lamp was lit in the house when the men raped his wife. After they left, the victim called her cousin to narrate what happened since her husband's and brother's phones were unreachable. She even dialled 100 in hope of help, but the call went unanswered.
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Before help could arrive, the men returned to torch woman
Before the victim's cousin could inform other family members about the incident, the men returned again, the husband said. "They dragged my wife out and took her to a nearby temple where they torched her at the 'yagyashala'," the husband detailed in the police complaint.
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Accused will be nabbed soon, police official says
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 accused were harassing the woman for months
The accused, Aram Singh, Mahaveer, Charan Singh, Gullu and Kumarpal, are residents of the same village and allegedly had been harassing the victim for months. A case has been registered under IPC sections 376D (gang rape), 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon) and 149 (offence committed in prosecution of common object).