Uttar Pradesh, July 15: In a shocking incident, a mother of two, aged 35 years, was gang-raped by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and then burnt alive in a nearby temple on Saturday.

The horrific incident took place when the woman was sleeping with her kids in their home.

The men barged in at around 2:30 AM and then took turns to rape her.

Woman dialled 100 for help, no one answered the call

The woman's husband, who works as a laborer in Ghaziabad, said it was raining heavily and only one kerosene lamp was lit in the house when the men raped his wife.

After they left, the victim called her cousin to narrate what happened since her husband's and brother's phones were unreachable.

She even dialled 100 in hope of help, but the call went unanswered.

Before help could arrive, the men returned to torch woman

Before the victim's cousin could inform other family members about the incident, the men returned again, the husband said. "They dragged my wife out and took her to a nearby temple where they torched her at the 'yagyashala'," the husband detailed in the police complaint.

The accused were harassing the woman for months

The accused, Aram Singh, Mahaveer, Charan Singh, Gullu and Kumarpal, are residents of the same village and allegedly had been harassing the victim for months.

A case has been registered under IPC sections 376D (gang rape), 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon) and 149 (offence committed in prosecution of common object).

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Kochi (PTI): Dramatic scenes unfolded at the Ernakulam town hall, where the mortal remains of CPI(M) leader M M Lawrence were kept for public homage, as the late leader's daughter protested the decision to hand over his body to the Government Medical College Hospital here.

The unexpected events occurred after Asha moved the Kerala High Court, challenging the decision of her siblings to donate their father's body to the medical college for educational purposes.

The High Court, after considering the plea, directed the Kalamassery Medical College authorities to hear the objections and take a decision in accordance with the Kerala Anatomy Act.

The court also instructed the college to preserve the body for the time being at the mortuary.

In her petition, the daughter claimed that her father had been baptized and that all his children were baptized in the church.

She further alleged that her siblings along with the Communist party were attempting to project him as an atheist.

Two of Lawrence's children had previously given their consent to handing over the body to the medical college.

Lawrence died on September 21 at the age of 95.

Meanwhile, the ruling CPI(M) clarified that it has no role in the matter.

Whether to hand over the body to the medical college or bury it in a church is a decision for the family, the party said.

CPI(M) district secretary K A Salim said that the decision to hand over the body to the medical college was made by his son.

The court's decision came as the Medical College authorities reached the town hall to take possession of the body.

Asha, the complainant in the case, protested as the body was being handed over to the Medical College authorities amidst chanting of slogans by CPI(M) workers who had gathered to pay their last respects to the departed leader.

Lawrence's son said he decided to hand over the body for medical studies as per his father's last wish.