Lakhimpur Kheri: Two Dalit minor sisters raped, strangulated to death; six held

Bodies of two minor Dalit sisters aged 17 and 15 were found hanging from a tree in Nighasan area of Lakhimpur Kheri district of UP on Sept 14 evening. A local resident spotted the bodies of the sisters in a sugarcane field, which is around half-a-km from their house. As the news spread, angry locals staged a protest and also blocked a road. The autopsy was conducted by a panel of three doctors in the presence of the victim's family. According to the autopsy report, the girls were raped and strangulated to death.