MEERUT: In a crime that has sent shockwaves across Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh , a 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by two domestic helps, both of whom were employed with the victim’s family for the past several years. Her minor brother, sole witness in the case, was also brutally attacked by the accused. Initially thought to be a case of robbery gone horribly wrong, the brother’s notes to police from the hospital bed brought the crime to light. The 10-year-old boy’s condition continues to be critical. Police have arrested one accused while the other is on the run.The crime occurred in Hapur city on Wednesday when the sister-brother duo was under the care of the two accused, identified as Ankur and Sanni, both in their 20s. While Ankur had been working with the family for the past six years, Sanni was employed nearly four years ago. Their father, who owns a dairy farm, was away for work while the mother and an elder sibling had gone out to visit relatives.According to police, the girl had come home early from school on Wednesday afternoon on account of Teachers’ Day celebrations. Soon after she reached home, the two men attacked the minor, taking turns to rape her. They later strangulated her after she tried to raise an alarm and hid the body in a godown on the house’s ground floor. The offenders also thrashed her brother, who had witnessed the crime, and slit his throat. In order to avoid getting caught, the duo ransacked the house and created a false scene of robbery.“The girl’s brother has received grievous injuries on his neck. He is not able to speak but wrote brief notes to us, hinting at the role of the two domestic helps,” said superintendent of police (SP), Hapur, Sankalp Sharma.The postmortem report states six injury marks on the body and strangulation to be the cause of death. “We have sent the girl’s viscera to a laboratory to establish rape. The injury marks clearly indicate that the girl had put up a fight before being killed. Her body was found in a semi-nude condition from the godown,” added Sharma.Meanwhile, Ram Kumar, inspector general Meerut range) visited the spot on Thursday to take stock of the situation. He assured the victim’s family that the second accused will be nabbed soon.

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