30-year-old woman raped by three near Yamuna Expressway

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A 30-year-old woman was gang-raped in a field on the outskirts of Jattari township near here, the police said Friday. The incident took place in a field adjoining the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday and three persons allegedly involved in the incident have been identified, police station in-charge Sanjay Pandey said.

The accused had an old enmity with the victim's family, he said. Soon after the incident, villagers held a protest at the police station alleging police delay in reaching the crime spot.

In a similar incident, a 30-year-old woman was raped by a man at knifepoint in a garden, where her husband was a caretaker, in Kulhedi village. According to a complaint lodged by the woman's husband, Khalil Ahmad raped her at knifepoint in the garden Friday, SHO VC Tiwari said.

The husband, who was a caretaker of the garden and lived with his wife there, said he was not present there when the incident took place, the SHO added. A case was registered against Ahmad who was absconding. The woman was sent for medical examination, the official said.

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