Woman Allegedly Thrown Off Moving Car In Unnao, UP For Resisting Rape Attempt By Nephew, Friend

In a shocking incident, a woman was left seriously injured after she was thrown out of a moving van for resisting a sexual assault attempt.

The incident was reported from the Bangarmau area of Unnao on Friday.

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The 25-year-old woman had boarded the vehicle with her nephew and his friend Faisal who asked her to come along for some paperwork regarding a land purchase.

However, on the way, the woman said the two men started misbehaving with her and touched her inappropriately.

She resisted then men attacked her

When she resisted, the two men allegedly attacked her and even tried to bite her face and strangulate her.

After the woman became unconscious, the duo threw her out of the van, thinking that she had died during the scuffle.

The accused fled from the van on seeing some locals approaching.

Based on her complaint, the two accused have been arrested and an FIR has been lodged against Bilal and Faisal under sections of rape, causing hurt by weapons.

The woman has been admitted to a hospital where she is being treated for her injuries.

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The incident comes at a time when Uttar Pradesh has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons when it comes to women's safety.

Unnao itself has been in the news for two recent high profile rape cases, one involving now-expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and another where a rape complainant was burnt alive by the accused who was out on bail.

Last week, it was reported that a six-year-old nephew of the woman, who was burnt alive in December is missing.

The child went missing on Friday from his village in Bihar area and is yet to be traced, a senior police official said on Monday.

"Fourteen police teams have been deployed to work out the case," said Unnao Superintendent of Police Anand Kulkarni.

The missing child, a class one student, is the son of the brother of the 23-year-old woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by five men last year.

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She was later set ablaze by the accused when she was heading for a court hearing in the gang-rape case.

She later died during treatment in a Delhi hospital.

Lucknow range IG Lakshmi Singh visited the village on Sunday and met the family members of the kidnapped child and assured them of all possible help.

The five suspects named in the kidnapping case -- Captain Bajpai, Saroj Trivedi, Anita Trivedi, Sundara Lodhi and Harshit Bajpai -- are the relatives of the gang-rape-murder accused, police said.