“UP: Riyaz among 4 arrested for raping a Dalit woman in Barabanki”, Opindia, December 27, 2023:
“On Monday (December 25), a Dalit woman was raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district by the accused identified as Mughal-e-Azam alias Riyaz and his accomplices. The matter pertains to Dewa Police Station precinct and a case has been registered against accused Riyaz and his three unidentified accomplices based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s father with surname Rawat on Tuesday (December 26).
The complainant is a resident of Sidwaahi village in Dewa police station area in Barabanki. According to the FIR copy obtained by OpIndia, the victim’s father stated that his daughter had an altercation with the woman in her in-laws’ family on December 25 at around 9 p.m., after which she became enraged leaving her house and walked towards the road outside the Sidwaahi village.
However, once her anger subsided, she decided to return home. While she was returning home, accused Mughal-e-Azam alias Riyaz, a Dewa resident, and his three accomplices arrived in a white car abducted the woman and held her captive in a building near the Dewa BSNL Tower. Following that, the accused raped the victim one by one…..”
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