A group of men attacks couple returning home after a holy dip in the Ganga, women killed, husband stabbed
Agra, September 6: A couple returning home after a holy dip in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district were allegedly attacked on Sunday by a group of men, who dragged the woman into a field and killed her. The husband was stabbed and is in Aligarh Medical College Hospital.
The incident on a state highway near Bajpur is a grim reminder of the horrific gang rape of a 35-year-old woman and her teenage daughter on NH91 in Bulandshahr+ on July 29, reports timesofindia.com.
The family of the murdered woman had alleged she had been gang-raped but an autopsy ruled it out. A case has been registered against unknown persons under IPC Sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder).
The victim’s nephew, Dheeru, told TOI they had found his aunt “gagged and dead” in a field off the road.
“On Sunday evening, my uncle and aunt were returning from Kachhla Ghat when they called and said they would be home shortly. When they did not return for an hour, we grew worried and set out to look for them since the stretch is deserted after dark. We tried calling them on my uncle’s cell phone, but no one picked up,” he said.
“Fearing something had gone wrong, we frantically searched the area and found my uncle stabbed and bleeding and my aunt dead, her mouth gagged, in a field a few metres from the road,” Dheeru said.
