Four women ‘raped’ on highway to Bulandshahr: ‘Victims’ allege three of their neighbours were involved

“If I do not get justice, I will go to the police station and commit suicide. They have ruined our lives. What will happen to the women of this house?” she added. The robbers also reportedly stole money and jewellery from the family.

“Around 3 km from our house, there is a village called Sabota. A couple of minutes after crossing Sabota, we heard a noise. It felt as if someone had thrown an axle or something from the car had fallen or broken. We did not stop the car. After going a little distance, we realised that our tyres are getting deflated and we stopped. Two tyres had been deflated,” said a 25-year-old eyewitness, who was among the eight occupants of the car.

Their vehicle — a grey Maruti Suzuki Eeco van — was parked along sugarcane fields between the Yamuna Expressway and Jewar-Bulandshahr Highway. “I called my younger brother… I told him that we will be able to replace one tyre and asked him to come to the spot on a motorcycle. I was talking to my brother when five to six people came towards us from the fields,” the eyewitness said.

The family alleged that the attackers had not covered their faces. “If I see them, I will recognise them… Based on how they spoke, two of them seemed to be locals. Three others had an accent similar to how people speak in Haryana. One of them told his associate — ‘Jasbir, you have shot one, kill the others’,” the eyewitness added.
Later, in a statement to the police, the victims alleged that three of their neighbours were involved in the
incident.

The police, meanwhile, maintained they were looking at all possible angles. “A 12-bore gun was used to kill the 50-year-old man and he had a bullet injury on the left side of his chest. We are investigating the role of local gangs and those known to the family,” said Gautam Buddha Nagar SSP Love Kumar.