Rapist kills UP gangrape victim and mother by driving tractor over them

Guwahati: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old gangrape victim from UP as well as her mother were crushed to death after one of her accused ran over them with a tractor, police said. The incident occurred in UP's Kasganj district on July 14.

The UP gangrape case accused, a 35-year-old man, was arrested by police the next day on Wednesday, July 15, and a murder case was registered against him and his younger brother. According to the Kasganj Superintendent of Police, the murder was the fallout of a feud between two families.

The murdered girl's father was jailed for allegedly killing the accused's father in 2016 over a financial dispute. Two months after his father was killed, the son of the murdered man allegedly kidnapped the girl, who was 13 at the time as an act of vengeance. In her statement, the girl had alleged that three men raped her. She was rescued by the police a few days later. The police had then filed a gangrape case and sections of the POCSO Act were also invoked on the accused.

The three accused were later arrested and put behind bars. The accused later got bail and took his revenge against the mother-daughter duo when they were returning from the market,  allegedly crushed both to death by running them over with his tractor. After the UP gangrape victim and her mother died, the accused fled on foot and left the tractor behind, the Kasganj SP confirmed.

Meanwhile, Ramkrishna Tiwari, DSP, told The Sentinel Digital that "strict action" would be taken against the perpetrators of this heinous crime.

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