Khurja Madanpur Gang Rape
Khurja Madanpur Gang Rape
A 23-year-old woman from Khurja, a town in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, India, was allegedly gang-raped by two men in a hotel in Agra on Sunday night, January 9, 2023. The main accused, a block pramukh (village head) from Bah, a town in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested on Monday, January 10, 2023. The other two accomplices are still absconding.
The Incident
According to the complaint filed by the victim, she had received a call from an unknown number two months ago and the caller insisted on becoming her friend. He introduced himself as Lal Singh, a block pramukh from Bah, and assured her a job as an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker. On this pretext, he called her to Agra on December 21, 2022 and took her to a farm house, where he along …