Uttar Pradesh: 13-year-old girl allegedly raped, strangled to death, two arrested
The police of Uttar Pradesh have arrested two men for allegedly raping and killing a 13-year-old girl in Lakhimpur Kheri district, NDTV reported on Saturday. The body of the girl, who was strangled with her tongue cut, was found in a sugarcane field owned by one of the accused.
The alleged assault took place on Friday in a village close to the Nepal border, the police said. The girl had gone missing earlier in the afternoon. “We went looking for her everywhere and found her in the sugarcane field,” the girl’s father told the news channel. “Her eyes had been gouged out. Her tongue was cut and strangled with a dupatta.”
The police said the postmortem report has confirmed the girl was sexually assaulted. “The two accused had been arrested already,” Kheri Superintendent of Police Satendra Kumar said. “We will file charges for rape, murder and also under the National Security Act.”
Horrific news from UP again . The @kheripolice have confirmed that a 13 year old girl found murdered in a cane field on friday was also raped . Father of girl has told media her eyes were gouged out , tongue was cut and she was strangled . 2 accused arrested , sent to jail...
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