Deaf and mute teen is 'gang-raped by two boys' before their fathers hack the ... trends now
Three men have been arrested in India over the murder of a mother who accused two boys of gang-raping her deaf and mute teenage daughter.
The 50-year-old mother, who has not been named, was working in a field in Jharkhand, when the fathers of the two 14-year-old boys allegedly hacked her to death with the help of a relative.
Cops believe the murder was a brutal act of revenge after she confided in police following the alleged rape of her 19-year-old daughter.
'The motive appears to be revenge for the police action initiated against the sons and the land dispute with the victim,' local police reported, adding that they had recovered a weapon.
Two fourteen-year-old boys are suspected of having broken the lock to the woman's home in Gumla village while she was asleep one night last month, before distracting her in order to kidnap her deaf-mute daughter.
They then dragged her to a school building and raped her, according to the investigating officer.
Stock image. A woman was allegedly dragged from her home and raped after two boys broke the lock and forced their way in, in Jharkhand, India, last month
The arrests were reported on Monday, a day after the brutal attack in Jharkhand.
The suspects include the two fathers of the two boys suspected of the rape attack and a third who allegedly had a long-standing dispute with her.
An investigating officer said the woman had been asleep in her home with her daughter on March 13, while her eldest daughter attended a wedding function.
The two boys allegedly broke the lock to gain entry to the house, and told the mother to go and check on her eldest, who was 'up to something indecent' at the party.
