Four booked for raping woman, killing her husband

Muzaffarnagar: A case has been registered against four persons for allegedly raping a woman and killing her husband on June 6 in Budhana here, police said today.

The case was registered yesterday on the directions of senior police officers, SHO Parbhakar Kentura said. Earlier, police has registered a suicide case.

According to a complaint lodged by the woman, the four accused, Sarvan, Amit, Afsar and one unknown person forcefully entered her house in Atali village in Budhana on June 6 and strangulated her husband to death and raped her. The accused later hanged her husband’s body from a tree.

No arrest has been made yet and investigations are on, the SHO added.