A backward woman, who was gang-raped by four men in her own house in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, was paraded naked after brutalizing her private parts with sticks by the accused when she confided the ordeal of sexual assault with her husband.

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

But the gang rape survivor, however, mustered courage and narrated her ordeal with the husband. When he confronted the accused, they attacked his wife again. “They brutalized her private parts and then paraded her naked in 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 of parading his wife naked in the village but it chose to turn a blind due to the involvement of influential and powerful persons.

The accused were keeping enmity with the backward family after coming to know that their nephew was having an affair with a girl of the same village. “They had threatened my nephew to keep off from the girl but when he 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 when they reiterated their threat to kill the entire family, including the nephew. He also informed the Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar about the incident and threat to their life.

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