Three charged with rape, murder of paper mill worker
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 1:15 pm
INDIA -- Several newspapers are reporting that three people have been charged in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a Dalit woman at a paper mill in Muzaffarnagar in UP, police said on Sunday.
The accused include the mill director, Arif, and a labour contractor, Samir, police said.
Meanwhile, protests broke out near Nagla village as people demanded justice in the case and blocked the Panipat-Khatima highway for several hours with the body of the victim.
The 38-year-old woman was working as a labourer in the paper mill where she was allegedly raped and murdered Friday night.
Police said the mill was owned by a BSP MLA.
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