Lucknow:

The daddy of a teen lady – considered one of two who have been allegedly raped final week, and whose our bodies have been discovered hanging from a tree in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district – has been discovered lifeless.

In a video assertion to the press, senior police officer Deeksha Sharma stated the physique was recovered on Wednesday afternoon. The physique was discovered close to Hamiurpur, lower than two km from his house.

After a routine autopsy, the physique was handed over to the household and his final rites have been carried out at their village with police current. The son, in the meantime, has filed a police case.

Final week the our bodies of his daughter, and that of one other lady, have been recovered.

READ | 2 Women’ Our bodies Discovered In UP’s Kanpur, Households Allege Rape: Cops

They have been allegedly pressured to drink liquor after which raped by the son, 18, and nephew, 19, of an area contractor. The 2 ladies and their households labored at a brick kiln owned by the contractor, and their our bodies have been discovered lower than 400 metres from that spot.

All three have been arrested and are in jail. They may face costs of gang rape and abetment of suicide, in addition to these underneath the POCSO Act, the police stated.

Kanpur Shocker

In response to their households, the ladies went to the fields late final night to alleviate themselves. Relations went looking after they didn’t return, and located their our bodies hanging from a close-by plum tree.

The accused additionally made a video of the assault and used it to blackmail the ladies, the households stated, alleging the harm and humiliation led the ladies to take their lives. The police have recovered movies and pictures from the cellphones of the accused and these are being examined, officers stated.

Rahul Gandhi Reacts

The deaths have sparked a row, with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi lashing out on the ruling BJP’s claims of “double engine authorities” – a reference to the social gathering controlling the state authorities in addition to being in energy on the centre, an argument for improved improvement – over “double injustice”.

“Perceive ‘double injustice’ taking place in Narendra Modi’s ‘double engine’ governments from these two incidents! In UP, two sisters hanged themselves after being raped. Now, because of not getting justice and stress to withdraw the case, their father additionally needed to cling himself,” he posted on X.

Mr Gandhi – who’s extensively anticipated to return to contest his household’s Amethi stronghold within the state within the 2024 Lok Sabha election – additionally referred to an incident in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh.

नरेंद्र मोदी की डबल इंजन सरकारों में हो रहे ‘डबल अन्याय’ को इन दो घटनाओं से समझिए!

UP में दो बहनों ने अपने साथ हुए दुष्कर्म के बाद फांसी लगा ली, अब न्याय न मिलने और मुकदमा वापस लेने के दबाव पर उनके पिता को भी फांसी लगानी पड़ी।

MP में एक महिला की इज़्ज़त सरेबाज़ार तार-तार हुई,…

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 7, 2024

“In MP, a lady’s honor was ruined; when her poor husband pleaded for justice, he hanged himself alongside along with his two kids, disenchanted by not getting a listening to,” he stated.

“Searching for justice in a double engine authorities is a criminal offense.”

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