UP: Woman hit with an iron rod for resisting rape

The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday said that a woman was attacked with an iron rod after she resisted an attempt to rape her. The victim was allegedly attacked by three men at a village in Muzaffarnagar when she was alone at home. The incident took place yesterday (April 22) and a case was registered against the perpetrators, who are at large, they said.

The woman was hit with an iron rod after she resisted their bid to rape her. She was alone in the house as her husband had gone out, police said.

The matter is being investigated, they said. In another incident in Sujru village, three women were injured after four people attacked them over an old enmity, PTI quoted police as saying.

The woman was admitted to a local hospital, they said. One person was arrested and a search launched to apprehend the others, police said.

OneIndia News with PTI inputs