Another Horrific Incident in Haryana shocked the whole nation overnight. A farmer and his wife were beaten to death and his two nieces allegedly raped by a gang of armed men wearing masks who tortured the rest of the family for four hours in their house on a farmland in Mewat on Wednesday night.
According to the Police, the assailants first killed the couple( said to be about 40 years of age) with sharp-edged weapons and then injured six other members of the family. This incident took place when all of the family members were sleeping in the house, which is located near the fields in Digerhedi village. The other injured six family members are being treated in the Hospital.
Among the injured included the two women (aged 18 and 19 years) who were sexually assaulted by the assailants. They sexually assaulted girls were the relatives of the couple. In the Police statement, both the sisters said that they had rushed outside the room when they heard screams. The further statement reads: “They snatched our dupattas, tied the men to the cots and beat everybody with rods and sticks, They were armed with country-made pistols. Then, they attacked her and her minor sister. They raped us and threatened to kill everybody.”
According to the complaint filed in police station says that the assault could have continued longer had one of the family members not managed to escape and reach a tube well about a kilometre away to alert his. When the gang sensed villagers coming, they locked the family inside the room and left around 3am.
The police had filed a FIR under sections 459 (grievous hurt), 460 (trespass and attack) and 376 D (gang rape) of IPC and the POCSO Act. And the police has started the search operations to catch the accused gang as soon as possible.
