Men accused of molesting teen girl thrashes her mother to death, video of assault surfaces

KANPUR: Men who allegedly molested a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur thrashed her mother to death on Friday evening. The men barged into the home of the minor girl and asked the family to withdraw the case and when the family refused, they were badly beaten up, the police said. The girl's mother and another woman relative had both been admitted to a city hospital.

Four of the six murder accused - Abid, Mintu, Mahboob, Chaand Babu, Jameel and Firoz - were arrested in 2018 after they were accused of molesting the 13-year-old girl, but all of them got bail from a local court.

A 13-year-old girl was molested by a group of six in 2018. The police arrested them and a regional court here granted them bail.

A five-second video shot from the terrace of the family's home last Thursday has surfaced which shows a woman in a red attire lying on the ground as a man dressed in a white attire and trousers kicks her face.

The Kanpur police say they arrested three men allegedly responsible for the assault and are in the lookout for the remaining three accused.

Kanpur's police chief Anant Deo said the investigation is progressing and the search for the accused is underway.