- Title: Six arrested in northern India over alleged rape and murder of teens
- Date: 15th September 2022
- Summary: LAKHIMPUR KHERI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 15, 2022) (ANI - No use India) BODIES OF TWO GIRLS FROM A LOWER-CASTE COMMUNITY WHO WERE FOUND HANGING FROM TREE AFTER ALLEGED RAPE AND MURDER INSIDE AN AMBULANCE VARIOUS OF BODIES BEING TAKEN TO RESIDENCE OF VICTIMS PEOPLE GATHERED BODY ON GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SUPERINTENDENT OF LAKHIMPUR KHERI POLICE, SANJEEV SUMAN, SAYING: "The accused lured the victims into sugarcane fields and raped them." BODIES ON GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SUPERINTENDENT OF LAKHIMPUR KHERI POLICE, SANJEEV SUMAN, SAYING: "The accused claimed they got angry when the victims asked to marry them and strangled the girls using scarves. Later, they called (two of the accused) Karimuddin alias DD, son of Kaleemuddin, Arif alias Chote. They reached the crime scene intending to remove any evidence and hung the bodies from a tree. They later left the spot. All six of them have been arrested." PEOPLE GATHERED (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) FATHER OF VICTIMS, SAYING: "I want justice. They should be sentenced to death by hanging." VARIOUS OF POLICE AND PEOPLE AROUND SUGARCANE FIELDS LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 15, 2022) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DEPUTY CHIEF OF NORTHERN UTTAR PRADESH STATE, BRAJESH PATHAK, SAYING: "Our government takes such incidents very seriously and takes the strictest action. We will take strict actions in this case as well as per the Indian Penal code and in accordance with the law." LAKHIMPUR KHERI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 15, 2022) (ANI - No use India) POLICE PERSONNEL SEATED POLICE PERSONNEL WALKING
- Embargoed: 29th September 2022 13:16
- Keywords: India Lakhimpur Kheri arrests crime hanging lower caste murder police rape sisters tree violence women
- Location: LAKHIMPUR KHERI, LUCKNOW, INDIA
- City: LAKHIMPUR KHERI, LUCKNOW, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA001555515092022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: BLURRING IN VIDEO IS FROM SOURCE
Police in northern India have arrested six people in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two girls from a lower-caste community who were found hanging from a tree, local officials said on Thursday (September 15).
The bodies of the two girls, aged 15 and 17, were found at a field in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, local police said, adding that from preliminary inquiries it appeared that the girls were strangled with a scarf and hung from a tree after they were raped.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said the government would act to ensure justice for the victims' families. "Our government takes such incidents very seriously and takes the strictest action. We will take strict actions... in accordance with the law," he told Reuters partner ANI.
Violence against women, especially those from lower castes, is endemic in India, where several still follow an ancient caste system.
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