On Wednesday evening, the bodies of two minor sisters were found hanging from a tree in Lalpur Majra Tamoli Purva village under the Nighasan police station of Lakhimpur Kheri district.

Local villagers and the girl's family lodged a protest as they marched and blocked the road demanding justice for the victims.

The family of the deceased has accused three men of rape and murder and staged a demonstration at the Nighasan crossing, a few kilometers from the village.

Lakhimpur Kheri superintendent of police (SP) Sanjiv Suman, along with the police force, rushed to the protest site and assured villagers that strict action will be taken against the accused.

Lucknow range inspector general (IG) of police Laxmi Singh, while talking to ANI, said, “Dead bodies of two girls were found hanging from a tree in a field outside a village in Lakhimpur Kheri. No injuries were found on the bodies.”

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and reports are awaited.

“Other things to be ascertained after post-mortem. We’ll try to expedite the probe,” IG further said.

The police officials present there urged the villagers to call off their roadblock and cooperate with the post-mortem examination.

Meanwhile, following the matter, Congress has questioned law and order in the state.

Expressing her grief over the incident, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the state government and said, “The incident of murder of two sisters in Lakhimpur (UP) is heart-wrenching. The relatives say that those girls were abducted in broad daylight. Giving false advertisements in newspapers and TV every day does not improve law and order. After all, why are heinous crimes against women increasing in UP?”

SP Lakhimpur Kheri Sanjeev Suman on Thursday said that six accused has been arrested for the rape and murder of two Dalit sisters in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on Thursday.

According to the police, the accused has been identified as Suhail, Junaid, Hafizul Rehman, Karimuddin, Arif and  Chhotu.

However, Junaid was arrested after an encounter with the police, he also received a bullet injury.

All the accused have been booked under IPC 302, 376 & POCSO act.

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#SP Lakhimpur Kheri Sanjeev Suman said, all the boys other than Chotu hailed from Lalpur village in Lakhimpur Kheri. Chotu who was a neighbor of the girls had introduced the two girls to these boys. He was also arrested.

#Accused were friends with deceased girls. Girls were y’day lured to farms and raped by Sohail and Junaid. After the girls forced the accused to marry them, Sohail, Hafizul, and Junaid strangulated and killed them. They then called Karimuddin and Arif and hanged the girls to eliminate proof.

#Laxmi Singh, IG, Lucknow Range said, the dead bodies of two girls were found hanging from a tree in a field outside a village in Lakhimpur Kheri.

She also said no injuries were found on the bodies. “We’ll try to expedite the probe,” she said.