NEW DELHI – A backward woman, who was gang-raped by four men in her ownhouse in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, was paraded naked afterbrutalizing her private parts with sticks by the accused when she confidedthe ordeal of sexual assault with her husband.

Four men, identified as Horil Lal, Gagan, Jai Kishore and Chotey Lal, hadbarged into her home on June 29 when she was alone. They raped her one byone and threatened to eliminate her family if she opened her mouth.

But the gang rape survivor, however, mustered courage and narrated herordeal with the husband. When he confronted the accused, they attacked hiswife again. “They brutalized her private parts and then paraded her nakedin the village. Neither the police nor the villagers came to our rescue,”charged the husband.

The husband alleged that the police were informed about the incident ofparading his wife naked in the village but it chose to turn a blind due tothe involvement of influential and powerful persons.

The accused were keeping enmity with the backward family after coming toknow that their nephew was having an affair with a girl of the samevillage. “They had threatened my nephew to keep off from the girl but whenhe did not stop meeting her, they gang-raped my wife to seek revenge,”alleged the husband.

The husband finally lodged a complaint at the Kurara Police Station whenthey reiterated their threat to kill the entire family, including thenephew. He also informed the Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar about theincident and threat to their life.

On SP’s directions, the four accused were arrested and a case wasregistered against them. “We have also ordered an inquiry into the role ofpolicemen who did not act in time to check the incident. Strict actionwould be taken against those found guilty,” said the SP.