2 orchestra dancers kidnapped at gunpoint, gangraped in UP; 8 arrested

NEW DELHI: Eight men have been taken into custody by police in relation to the kidnapping and gang-rape of two orchestra dancers at gunpoint in the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
Police reported that the accused individuals coerced the victims into their vehicles and transported them to a residence where the heinous act was perpetrated.
The victims were abducted at gunpoint from a house under the Ramkola police station jurisdiction on Monday night, according to police.
Kushinagar Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Mishra stated that the perpetrators arrived in two SUVs and, amid continuous firing, took the girls to the house of one of the accused Ajit Singh in the Kaptanganj area, where the alleged gang-rape was committed.
Police arrested the accused, identified as Nagendra Yadav, Ashwan Singh, Krish Tiwari, Arthak Singh, Ajit Singh, and Dr Vivek Seth, on Monday night. Two additional accused, Nisar Ansari and Aditya Sahni, were apprehended following an encounter on Tuesday evening.
According to law enforcement, a significant amount of weapons, including illegal firearms, ammunition, and vehicles, were seized from the accused.
The recovered items included two SUVs, a motorcycle without a number plate, an illegal factory-made pistol, seven shotguns, four illegal pistols, ten spent cartridges, twelve live rounds, eleven mobile phones, and a Nepali SIM card.