Dalit woman gangraped in UP

A married Dalit woman was allegedly raped by three persons under Chatta police station area here, police said today.

"The woman, who was heading to Baheravali village to meet her sister, took a lift from the accused on Tuesday evening. The accused then took her to a field at Bajhera Kokera road and raped her," SP (rural) Arun Kumar Singh said.

0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">One of the accused has been identified as Vinod Singh Thakur, he said.An FIR has been registered against the three men following a complaint by the woman, police said.

Efforts are on to arrest the absconding accused, they added.