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Mother abducted, gang-raped by relatives of son's lover

Mother abducted, gang-raped by relatives of son's lover

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As revenge, her family members abducted the man?s brother, mother who is in her 40s, father and his brother-in-law on December 19 and locked them in a house in Shamli district, media reports said

A woman in Utter Pradesh was allegedly abducted along with her family and gang-raped by relatives of another woman who ran away with her son, police informed on Saturday.

A case of gang-rape was reported to the police on Friday at Nojal village in Shamli district, superintendent of police Ajay Pal Sharma told reporters in Muzaffarnagar.

According to Sharma, the woman's son, a resident of Bhopura village, allegedly fell in love with a woman from Muzaffarnagar, who was studying in Ghaziabad.

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The two eloped on November 20.

As revenge, her family members abducted the man’s brother, mother who is in her 40s, father and his brother-in-law on December 19 and locked them in a house in Shamli district, media reports said.

They were then threatened and assaulted by the accused who also gang-raped the mother.

They were rescued on December 25 after the police raided the house.

The girl’s father, his two brothers, one of who is a former village gram pradhan, and his son were booked by police, he said.

The former gram pradhan was arrested while the other accused are being searched for, the official said.