Shocking! Uttar Pradesh woman allegedly gang-raped by 5 men and burnt alive in a temple in Sambhal; case registered

A 35-year-old woman, a mother of 2 was allegedly gang-raped by 5 unidentified miscreants. The men raped her and then set her on fire alive in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal's temple, according to ANI report. The cops have asked the family of the deceased to file an FIR and assured them to take an action against the culprits. The charred body of the victim has been sent for postmortem. The incident took place at 2:30 am on Sunday.

The woman had called up UP Police’s Dial-100 emergency service minutes before she was burnt alive, but her call went unanswered, according to TOI. According to police, the woman was sleeping when the miscreants barged into her house and committed the spine-chilling brutal murder.

“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,” police was quoted by ANI as saying.

The husband of the woman said that the 5 accused one by one after barging into their house and left, later returned back to drag the woman outside the house and took her to a nearby temple where they torched her at the ‘yagyashala’.

An FIR under IPC section 376D (gang rape), 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 147 (punishment for rioting) has been lodged against the 5 accused.

“Two teams, surveillance and crime, have been tasked to arrest the accused, who is still at large. We are conducting raids at possible whereabouts,” circle officer Aqil Ahmed was quoted as saying.

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