UP Shocker: 13-year-old Raped, Body Found With Eyes Gouged Out, Tongue Cut; 2 Arrested

New Delhi: In a spine-chilling incident which has come to light from Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, a minor was raped and strangulated to death. Two men have been arrested in the case so far. The girls's body was recovered from a sugarcane field belonging to one of the accused, NDTV reported. 

The report quoting the girl's father said that the 13-year-old girl was found in the field with her eyes gouged out and tongue cut. "The girl's post mortem has confirmed rape. The two accused had been arrested already. We will file charges for rape, murder and also under the National Security Act," NDTV quoted the district police chief as saying. 

BSP Chief Mayawati took to Twitter to attack the Yogi-led UP government for the incident."What is the difference between the previous Samajwadi Party government and present Bharatiya Janata Party government if Dalits are subjected to atrocities in this manner and murdered?," she said in a tweet in Hindi

In a separate incident which took place prior to this, a six-year-old girl was kidnapped when she was playing outside her house in Garhmukteshwar Kotwali area. She was found a day later in critical condition in a field where the accused left her to die. The victim has been undergoing treatment in Meerut and her condition remains critical. The Uttar Pradesh Police had yesterday arrested the accused.