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The woman went missing from her village on January 23 and her burned remains, including her skull, were found in a nearby forest on Friday.
The incident took place in Bavana village of Budhana area, when the woman’s family reported her missing on January 23 (Representative image)
A 21-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped and strangled to death by her brother-in-law and two others in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Saturday.
The accused brother-in-law took a Rs 40,000 loan from a bank to hire two murderers and fund the crime, the police said as reported by Times of India.
The accused, after committing the crime, burned the victim’s body in an attempt to destroy evidence, the police said.
The woman went missing from her village on January 23 and her burned remains, including her skull, were found in a nearby forest on Friday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) (Rural) Aditya Bansal told news agency PTI that the main accused, Ashish, has been arrested, while two others, Shubham and Deepak are absconding.
The incident took place in Bavana village of Budhana area, when the woman’s family reported her missing on January 23, the officer said.
As per the probe, the main accused who was victim’s elder sister’s husband, was pressuring her to marry him.
According to officials, the accused along with his associates, lured the woman away from her home, gangraped her and later strangled her to death.
Ashish was arrested, following which he confessed to the crime. The woman’s charred remains have been recovered and a forensic examination is underway, the police added.
A case has been registered against the accused, and efforts are on to apprehend the absconding duo.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Muzaffarnagar, India, India