Gangrape of Two Dalit Sisters in Katra,Badaun,Uttar Pradesh,India Tuesday May 27,2014

Two teenage girls from a backward community were raped and murdered allegedly by three brothers of the Yadav community in the village of Katra in  Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh

The girls, who were cousins, had left their house together at 9 p.m. on Tuesday May 27,2014and walked toward the nearby open field as there was no toilet at home.

Their bodies were found hanging from a tree 250 metres away from their home at about 4 a.m. on Wednesday May 28,2014 after neighbours and relatives began a frantic search.

“We have arrested one of the brothers, Pappu Yadav, and a hunt is on for the other two,” DIG Bareilly R.K.S. Rathore told

The Uttar Pradesh State government on Thursday May 29,2014 suspended three policemen, including constable Sarvesh who has been detained for interrogation. The others are Katra Saadatganj police outpost in-charge Ram Vilas and head constable Chatrapal.

IG (Special Task Force) Ashish Gupta said autopsy confirmed the cause of death of the two girls as “ante-mortem hanging”. It was also “indicative of rape.”

One more accused was arrested on Friday May 30,2014 in the shocking gangrape case of two Dalit sisters, whose bodies were found hanging from a tree in Badaun, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three.

“One more accused Awadhesh Yadav has been arrested,” Superintendent of Police Atul Kumar Saxena told PTI. Of the seven accused, three (policeman Sarvesh Yadav and brothers Pappu and Awadhesh Yadav) have been arrested so far, he said. Sarvesh and Pappu were arrested on Thursday

5 people, including two police constables (in plainclothes on the right), who have been accused in the gang rape and murder of two Dalit girls, under police custody in Badaun

Rape cases that have shocked India

• 23 January 2014: Thirteen men held in West Bengal in connection with the gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man
• 4 April 2014: A court sentences three men to hang for raping a 23-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai last year
• 15 January 2014: A Danish woman is allegedly gang raped after losing her way near her hotel in Delhi
• 17 September 2013 : Five youths held in Assam for allegedly gang-raping a 10-year-old girl
• 4 June 2013: A 30-year-old American woman gang-raped in Himachal Pradesh
• 30 April 2013: A five-year-old girl dies two weeks after being raped in Madhya Pradesh
• 16 December 2012: Student gang raped on Delhi bus, sparking nationwide protests and outrage