The Uttar Pradesh police arrested four accused in connection with Jewar rape and murder case following an encounter on Sunday. Meanwhile, two criminals managed to escape from the spot.
The UP Police along with the respective state police was conducting search operations in different locations of all possible suspects in the neighbouring states.
On May 25, Armed robbers had struck a group of eight persons travelling to Bulandshahr in a vehicle on the Yamuna Expressway, shooting dead a man and looting cash and jewellery.
Four women, who were travelling in the car along with as many men, alleged that they were raped at gunpoint after they tried to resist the robbery bid. (with PTI inputs)
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