A woman and her 13-year-old daughter were gangraped by a gang of five bandits near Dostpur village in Bulandshahr district on the Delhi-Kanpur highway.
According to police, the dacoits first waylaid a family on its way from Noida to Shahjahanpur and subsequently raped two women. They later looted the family of their cash, jewellery and mobile phones.
THE ORDEAL "They dragged the women to a nearby field and raped them while the men were tied with ropes," said SSP Vaibhav Krishna.
One of the family members, who managed to untie the ropes, reported the matter to police.
An FIR under relevant sections of the IPC was lodged against five accused and three police teams have been formed to nab them.
Meanwhile, SHO Ramsen of Kotwali Dehat, to whom the case was reported, was relieved from the charge of the case due to his alleged negligence.
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