A man, along with two friends in Muzaffarnagar, allegedly raped the mother of the alleged rapist of his daughter, apparently to avenge the assault on his daughter.

According to the police in Muzaffarnagar, the son of the woman who was allegedly gang raped, is in jail on charges of raping the daughter of one of the accused. The incident was reported from the Bhopa village in Muzaffarnagar on Monday.

The police arrested the three accused on Monday night. Vijay Singh, in charge of the Bhopa police station, said: “It is a shocking incident. We are investigating the case.”

“The alleged crime was committed on Monday night when the husband of the victim had gone to his farm. The woman was alone at home and three accused allegedly entered her house and used a gun to threaten her,” he added. The three men were caught by the neighbours, he said.