Jilted lover accused of raping, killing ex

NEW DELHI: A jilted man accused of kidnapping and raping his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said yesterday.

Police in the northern state of Haryana said the 23-year-old victim was abducted by the man and his friend who then allegedly raped and mutilated her, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country.

They then dumped her in an isolated industrial area where a local resident discovered her four days later, on Friday, when they noticed stray dogs nibbling at her mangled body.

“We have arrested two men under various sections — murder and rape also,” Jagjeet Singh, spokesman for Sonipat city police in Haryana, said.

“The main accused, Sumit, and she [the victim] were in a relationship but she didn’t want to marry him and he lost it. He wanted revenge,” he said, adding that an investigation was under way.

Mr Singh said the victim’s post-mortem report showed she had been drugged or sedated during the horrific attack.

Women’s rights activists and politicians have demanded justice for the victim.

“This savage and bone-chilling incident has shocked the conscience of the nation, reminding each one of us about the crying need for revisiting the important issue of women’s safety and security,” opposition leader Sonia Gandhi said in a statement late on Saturday.

India has a gruesome record on rape, with New Delhi alone registering 2,199 cases in 2015 — an average of six a day.