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Three Arrested After Minor Gang-Raped, Friend Killed in Uttar Pradesh

Police intercepted the suspects following a violent encounter, recovering weapons and evidence tied to the crime.

The car in which the accused were travelling at the time of encounter. (HT photo)
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Overview

  • Three men lured two women from Greater Noida with a false job offer, leading to abduction and brutal crimes.
  • One victim, a 19-year-old woman, was thrown from a moving car in Meerut and died from her injuries.
  • The second victim, a minor, was gang-raped in the car but managed to escape and report the crime in Khurja.
  • Police arrested the suspects—Gaurav Singh, Sandeep Singh, and Amit Singh—after a shootout in Bulandshahr, during which two were injured.
  • Authorities recovered the suspects' vehicle, illegal firearms, ammunition, and the mobile phone of one victim, and charged the men under the BNS and POCSO Act.