New Delhi:
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Badaun in Uttar Pradesh today and meet the family members of the two girls who were gang-raped.
The incident has evoked an outrage and two constables were arrested on Friday evening. The Uttar Pradesh government has promised to set up a fast track court to punish the culprits.
The action came three days after the girls were gang-raped and their bodies were found hanging from a tree.
In Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed by officials on the incident.
The two girls, who were cousins and aged 14 and 15, went missing from their house on the night of May 27 and their bodies were found hanging from a tree the next morning.
The incident had triggered protests in the area with villagers alleging police apathy, following which an FIR was registered against seven persons.
The post mortem report of the two girls confirmed they were raped before being murdered.