Badaun gang-rape case: 4 accused arrested for raping two Dalit sisters, hanging dead bodies from tree

Badaun: In the shocking gang-rape case that sent shock waves across the Badaun region in Uttar Pradesh, all four accused including a constable has been arrested on May 29. The four are alleged to have raped two minor Dalit sisters and later hanging them form a tree in Katra village after murdering them on May 28. The police constable has been identified as Sarvesh Yadav. Meanwhile, National Commission for Women (NCW) has also taken a suo moto cognizance over the issue. NCW has decided to send a team to investigate the whole incident. Reportedly, the minors aged 14 and 15 years went missing from their home on May 27 night. It was the other morning that their relatives traced their dead bodies hanging from a mango tree in Ushait area. There were also reports about local police showing unwillingness to register an FIR in the case following which the villagers blocked traffic with dead bodies on Ushait-Lilawan Road.