Man shot dead, 4 women 'gangraped' on highway near Delhi

Greater Noida: A family was attacked and looted by a group of six robbers on the Jewar-Bulandshahr highway in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida region on Wednesday night.

According to primary information, the criminals held the family - four men and four women - hostage and allegedly raped the women. The robbers also shot dead a man, who objected to criminals molesting the women of the family.

According to reports, the family was travelling to meet an ailing relative, when their vehicle was intercepted by the criminals. The attackers had spread nails on the road and as soon as the vehicle stopped, the robbers attacked the family and looted them of cash and valuables at gunpoint.

The police reached the spot and lodged an FIR against the accused. A manhunt has been launched to nab the criminals.

In a similar incident in 2016 at the Bulandshahr highway, a car was stopped by criminals, who dragged a 13-year-old girl and her mother to a nearby field and raped them.

The girl, along with her family, was going to attend a funeral, when armed men stopped their car, tied and beat up the men and gangraped the girl and her 35-year-old mother for almost three hours.