FIRs in both the cases were lodged on Thursday, they said, adding that the accused were absconding. In the first incident reported last night, a woman was allegedly kidnapped by her two bike-borne neighbours, who took her to a lonely stretch and raped her turn by turn. The Jewar police has lodged a case and sent the victim for medical examination.
The accused-- Kalua and Raza-- were absconding, police said. In the second case, a woman has alleged that her two neighbours, Babloo and Anish, drugged and raped her in a room, police said.
They also threatened to kill her if she reported the matter to the police, they said. Earlier, on May 27, two tenenage cousins, aged 14 and 15, were found hanging from a tree after allegedly being gangraped and murdered in Badaun district of the state, sparking a nationwide uproar.
The body of a 45-year-old woman, belonging to a backward caste, was found hanging from a tree in Bahraich on Wednesday. Also, four cases of sexual assault were reported from Meerut, Sitapur, Varanasi and Jalaun in UP on Thursday.
