Uttar Pradesh: 60-year-old Mahoba woman tied, gangraped

KANPUR: A 60-year-old woman was abducted in sleep, dragged to a desolate area and gangraped by four men in Kabrai village of Mahoba district late Saturday. To add to the horror, the accused rubbed chilli powder in her private parts, tied her hands and feet and dumped her in the bushes.
Before fleeing the spot, they threatened her with dire consequences if she spoke about the assault, reports Faiz Siddiqui.On Sunday morning, the woman’s family members found her lying unconscious in the fields and took her to the district hospital. In her statement to police from the hospital bed, she named the accused, Bharat Kushwaha and Sewa Lal, who were her neighbours.
2 accused arrested, say police
The duo had been constantly pressurizing me to vacate the house and the land and assaulted me four days ago,” she told SP, Mahoba, Sudha Singh. Police said, two accused have been nabbed and a massive search operation was underway to arrest the third.
“In her statement, the rape survivor said, the perpetrators rubbed a burning substance like chilli in her private parts after the sexual assault. Medical examination of the woman has been done and the medical report is awaited,” the SP said.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)