The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a temple priest, the main accused in connection with the gangrape and murder of an Anganwadi...
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a temple priest, the main accused in connection with the gangrape and murder of an Anganwadi worker in Budaun district on January 3, News18 reported.
The priest, identified as Satya Narayan, was hiding in a follower’s house in a nearby village in the district, District Magistrate Kumar Prashant said.
Three men in Budaun district had allegedly raped and murdered the woman on Sunday. Two of the accused were arrested on Tuesday, while the priest was on the run. The station house officer of Ughaiti police station was suspended for laxity after a preliminary inquiry found he was negligent in handling the case.
Though the incident took place on Sunday night after she went to a local temple, a first information report was filed only on Tuesday evening after the woman’s postmortem examination report revealed injuries in her genitalia.
The woman’s husband said that the woman, who had left for the temple in the evening, did not return till almost midnight. The accused brought her home in a car, claiming that she had fallen into a well, he said. “My wife was alive by then,” the man said. “But before we could understand anything or ask any question, they left in the car. After a few...
