Armed miscreants allegedly raped four women of a family and shot dead a male relative before robbing the family of their valuables near Jewar in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, ANI reported.
The incident occurred on the Jewar-Bulandshahr highway at around 1:30 am when eight members, including four women, of a Greater Noida-based family were headed to Bulandshahr to visit an ailing relative in a hospital.
The victims said that five miscreants forced them to stop the car by shooting at its tyres. They then molested and attempted to rape the women present. When Shakeel Qureshi, a relative, tried to intervene, the accused shot him dead. They also looted the family of cash and other valuables.
Police are yet to confirm sexual assault and said the women were misbehaved with.
We are hunting down the criminals. No one has been arrested so far. The statements of the family members have been recorded.Senior Police Official
The incident has drawn parallels with the July 2016 case where a mother and her teenage daughter were waylaid and gangraped in Bulandshahr.
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Minor Girls Gangraped
The incident comes close on the heels of a case where two minor girls were allegedly gangraped in UP’s Mansurpur area on 22 May. The incident occurred in Muzaffarnagar’s Nawala village when the two sisters went to the ration shop. According to reports, they were allegedly raped at gunpoint by the ration dealer’s son and his friends.
The family of the minors lodged an FIR. The five accused, including the ration dealer’s son, were apprehended by the police two days later.
However, the minors’ father said that the accused had been released on bail.
The accused comes from a strong background...This has influenced the police and they are not taking appropriate action against him. Initially, the accused was arrested under Section 307 in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), but now he is out on bail.
On the other hand, Muzaffarnagar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajesh Kumar said, "After receiving medical reports of the two girls, we will take appropriate action against the accused."
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(With inputs from IANS, PTI, ANI.)
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