A temple mahant accused of raping and murdering a worshipper in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district was arrested from the victim’s village on Thursday night.
Baba Satya Narayan, who had allegedly brutalised the 42-year-old anganwadi worker on Sunday evening along with his driver Jaspal Singh and disciple Ved Ram, had been hiding in the house of another disciple not far from the house of the victim.
Avinash Chandra, additional director-general of police, said a case under IPC Section 166A (public servant disobeying the law) had been registered against Raghvendra Pratap Singh, the local station house officer, and Amarjit Singh, a sub-inspector of Ughaiti police station, for failure to record the crime on time.
Updated Jan 08, 2021 | 07:29 IST
The main accused, identified as Baba Satya Narayan, had been hiding in the same village for the last two days while several police teams were looking for him all over the state. Police arrest absconding main accused in Budaun gangrape & murder case | Photo Credit: Times Now
Key Highlights
The 50-year-old woman was gang-raped and murdered on Sunday when she had gone to a temple.
Police booked the temple priest and his two aides on the basis of the complaint filed by the victim s family.
The other two accused were held by the police on Tuesday night.