Two women raped, hacked to death in Bhondsi

Three persons, including two women, were found hacked to death in a jungle in Bhondsi's Ghamroj village, around 20 km from Gurugram city, on Tuesday.

The post-mortem on the deceased has revealed that the women were raped before their murder. All three bodies have multiple injuries around the neck caused by a sharp-edged weapon and two of the victims have some superficial injuries on the arms and head.

“The three seem to have been murdered on Monday afternoon. The two women were raped before being killed, but no marks of brutality were seen on the bodies,” said Deepak Mathur, who conducted the post-mortem.

Attacked in jungle

Two couples, in their mid-30s, had gone to collect sticks from the jungle for fuel on Monday morning when they went missing. While three of them are dead, the husband of one of the deceased woman is missing. He is the main suspect in the case, the police said.

Both the couples belonged to Madhya Pradesh and the two men worked as masons. "While the couple, who are now dead, had come to stay in the village a fortnight ago, the other couple had been staying on rent, along with their relatives, for the past five years,” said Om Prakash, a villager.

He said that the two couples had gone to the jungle around 10 a.m. “The relatives of one of the couples came to me late at night after the four did not return home. I made a call to the PCR informing the police about the missing couples,” said Mr. Prakash.

Bodies found in morning

A police team, along with a bunch of villagers, went out to look for the couples on Tuesday around 8 a.m. and discovered their bodies. “While the bodies of the women were found together, the man was found dead at some distance,” said Mr. Prakash.

Station House Officer, Bhondsi, Umesh Kumar said that a murder case has been registered against unknown persons and efforts are on to trace the missing man.

He refused to comment on the post-mortem findings saying that he was yet to receive the copy of the report.

The villagers claimed that the two couples were on friendly terms and stayed in adjoining rooms.

The bodies were handed over to the families after the post-mortem for the last rites to be performed.