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Badaun rape-murder case: Main accused arrested
Days after a 50-year-old woman was gang-raped and murdered in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh, police have arrested a local temple priest, the main accused in the case. He was arrested from a nearby village in the district on Thursday.
The priest has been identified as Satyanand. Police said that he was hinding in the house of one of his followers. District Magistrate Kumar Prashant confirmed that Satyanand was taken into custody by cops from the house of one of his followers.
The 50-year-old anganwadi worker was gang-raped and murdered allegedly by the priest and his two accomplices in Budaun. While the priest was on the run, his two accomplices were arrested on Tuesday night.