Ladies Raped Close to Telangana Temple, Husband Tied To Tree, 7 Held: Cops

Hyderabad:

Seven individuals have been held for allegedly raping a girl in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana, police mentioned on Tuesday.

The incident allegedly occurred in Urkondapeta village on Saturday when the girl alongside together with her husband went there for a temple darshan and stayed on the premises, they mentioned.

When the girl went to attend nature’s name, the accused forcibly took her to an remoted place close to the temple and allegedly raped her within the bushes on the intervening night time of Saturday and Sunday, at the same time as they tied her husband to a tree when he went to her rescue, police had mentioned.

After initiating an investigation into the case, police took seven individuals into custody. The accused together with an electrician, an auto-driver and two cooks are concerned in extortion circumstances booked earlier, a police official mentioned.

Taking a critical observe of the incidents of sexual assault in Nagarkurnool district and in addition Hyderabad, state Ladies and Baby Welfare Minister D Anasuya Seethakka spoke to senior police officers and girls welfare division officers. She additionally enquired concerning the progress of investigation and the well being conditon of the survivors.

She directed them to take measures to assist the survivors and to make sure robust punishment to the culprits, a launch from her workplace mentioned.

She mentioned the federal government has acted swiftly after the incidents got here to gentle and arrested the accused and can be serving to the survivors.

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