2 women killed for objecting to harassment of family members, accused arrested

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Two women were killed after they were hit by a car deliberately when they reportedly opposed molestation with their daughter in city Kotwali area of Bulandshahr district on Tuesday morning. Two other family members have sustained injuries in this incident while the main accused have been arrested by the police.

An FIR was lodged by the family members of the deceased women on Tuesday morning against three persons of the village for intentionally attacking four members of the family when they protested to molestation whi-ch claimed life of two women leaving rest two injured.

Infact angry family members , their relatives and friends jammed the road near Bhood chauraha by putting the dead bodies of mother of the girl Urmila (42) and her aunt Santo Devi( 38) on the road on Tuesday. They were demanding action against the accused charging them of molestation and murder and claimed that a group of villagers was behind this illfated incident. “Earlier on Monday night the family had lodged complaint of an accident but on Tuesday morning they claimed that they were attacked on objecting to molestation . Hence forth we have now added the charges of murder , attempt to murder and molestation ,” said N Kolanchi , SSP Bulandshahr adding that however in his statement to the police the arrested accused Nakul said that they suddenly came in front on the car when he was driving which resulted in the accident .

Taking swift action police had arrested the main accused Nakul of Nayagaon Chandpur while raids are being conducted to arrest the other two accused.

According to the family members the accused molested their daughter on Monday night. When the family members objected to it than on a fit of rage the car borne people hit four members of the family with their car near MMR Mall. The injured were immediately rushed to the district hospital where Urmila and Santo died during treatment while rest of the two survived the attack though susta-ining injuries. SP city of Bulandshahr Atul Kumar Srivastava said, an FIR of accident was lodged on Monday.