Six men were arrested on September 15 in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two teenage Dalit sisters in Lakhimpur Kheri, police said.
Six persons have been arrested on charges of rape and murder of two teenage Dalit sisters who were found hanging from a tree under the Nighasan police station limits in Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference, Sanjiv Suman, Lakhimpur Kheri Superintendent of Police said, “Yesterday, the victims were coaxed and taken to the farm and both were sexually abused. Two accused have confessed to having forceful sexual relations with the girls.”
