Mahoba, (UP), July 28: A shocking
incident occurred when a 60-year-old woman was abducted and raped by four men
over a land dispute with the victim's family. The incident occured in Mahoba
district in Uttar Pradesh state.
Police on Sunday arrested two men
for abducting and raping the senior citizen and they have also launched a
manhunt for the other accused.
According to local police in Mahoba
district, the victim, a 60-year-old woman was allegedly abducted, taken to a
deserted place, and gang-raped by four men last week. The accused then rubbed
chili powder in her private parts before tying her up and dumping her in the
bushes. The woman is now undergoing treatment.
The ghastly incident took place late
on Saturday in Kabrai village in Mahoba district of the state. The accused
abducted the elderly woman while she was asleep, and gang-raped her. They also
warned the woman of dire consequences if she spoke about the incident,
according to a report by The Times of India.
The next morning, the family members
of the woman found her lying unconscious in the fields and rushed her to a
hospital. The police also later reached the hospital to record her statement.
The survivor told the cops that two of her neighbours - Sewa Lal and Bharat
Kushwaha - were involved in the crime. They had been pressurizing her to vacate
her house.
Police has arrested both the accused
and an operation is currently underway to catch the other rapists. "In her
statement, the rape survivor said the perpetrators rubbed a burning substance
like chilli in her private parts after the sexual assault. Medical examination
of the woman has been done and a medical report is awaited," Mahoba SP
Sudha Singh said.
In another recent incident from UP, four minor boys allegedly gang-raped a 15-year-old girl even as they held her 12-year-old brother hostage at gunpoint. The incident happened in Muzaffarnagar's Jogiakhera village on Friday. Crimes against women are rampant across India. In 2019 alone, the country had reported 32,033 rape cases - meaning that 88 women were raped every day on an average, said a local media report.