6 Men Arrested in Rape, Killing of Teenage Indian Sisters

A crime scene tape cordons off a tree, where the bodies of two teenage girls were found hanging after they were allegedly raped, in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh state in India, on Sept. 15, 2022. AP Photo

LUCKNOW, India—Six men were arrested Thursday in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raping and killing two teenage girls whose bodies were found hanging from a tree a day earlier.

The 15- and 17-year-old girls were found hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field near their house in Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.