“A reward of Rs 25,000 was announced on information leading to the arrest of Mahendra in the wake of the incident in which another person has already been arrested and sent to jail, ” a police officer said.

The state is directed to give its reply to the court by October 22 this year. Justices Rajan Roy and Jaspreet Singh made this observation during a hearing of the case.

The post-mortem is being conducted in the presence of Unnao sub-divisional magistrate Nankhu and the procedure will be carried out by four doctors, one of them is a female.

The claim that the three girls were found tied up was made by their brother.

The court has already fulfilled the family’s demand regarding protection and deployed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in the Hathras district.

A CBI probe is underway in the alleged gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman from Hathras.

According to the complaint, the accused men forcefully entered the residence of the woman when she was alone and took turns to rape her at gunpoint.

The family claims that the girl was 17 years old. On the contrary, the police said that the family’s oral complaint mentioned that the girl was 18 years old.

The two younger sisters suffered minor burns while the eldest one sustained injuries on her face.

Reportedly, the girl was raped by an acquaintance, after which she got pregnant and the news of her pregnancy had spread in the village.