A 90-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was allegedly raped by four men and thrown into a well in centralIndia,policehave said. The attack is reported to have taken place in the Punasa area of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh, around 70 kilometres from the district headquarters.
Police said the men allegedly gagged the woman with a cloth beforecarrying out the assaultand dumping her into a nearby well. The attackers fled when they noticed people approaching the fields.
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Locals later discovered the woman injured and in agony after she managed to crawl out.
She had been left without help for more than 12 hours before being spotted on Friday morning.
As per local media reports, witnesses immediately alerted police and her daughter, who lives in a neighbouring village.
The victim was rushed to hospital in Punasa with severe injuries.
A female officer has been assigned to take her statement, though police said she is not yet in a condition to testify.
Investigators confirmed the elderly woman lives alone at a farmhouse.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
