Pratapgarh Women Rape – Up: In 2019, a woman was murdered after rape, 3 arrested, 3 arrested – Pratapgarh Three Arrested for 2019 Gang Rape Murder of Woman in Up LCly

Three people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with gang rape and murder of a widow in 2019 in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. A police officer gave this information to a news agency. The accused have been identified as Anil Tiwari and his associates Rakesh Saroj and Sheetla Saroj. Additional Superintendent of Police (Eastern) Durgesh Kumar Singh said that on 17 August 2019, he was murdered after a gang rape in a village in Kandhai police station area.

According to the police officer, after the death of a husband working as a cook in the army in 2009, the woman used to get a pension of about 20 thousand rupees. Meanwhile, Anil Tiwari, who runs a medical store in the village, made a deep friendship with the victim and took advantage of her illiterate and took out lakhs of rupees from her account.

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The official said that whenever the woman asked for money, Anil Tiwari kept promising to give later. When he threatened to complain to the police, Tiwari called him on 17 August 2019 on the pretext of returning the money and gang -raped him and then murdered him along with his companions Rakesh Saroj and Sheetla Saroj.

Singh said that a police team arrested the three accused from their house on the basis of information. At present, investigation is being done in the entire case. After investigation, further action will be taken against the accused.