{"id":815459,"date":"2026-03-10T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/815459\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:01:12","slug":"horror-as-pensioner-90-gang-raped-then-dumped-in-well-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/815459\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as pensioner, 90, gang-raped then dumped in well | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 90-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was allegedly raped by four men and thrown into a well in central <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"India\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/india\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">India<\/a>, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Police\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> have 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.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the men allegedly gagged the woman with a cloth before <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Crime\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">carrying out the assault<\/a> and dumping her into a nearby well. The attackers fled when they noticed people approaching the fields.<\/p>\n<p>Locals later discovered the woman injured and in agony after she managed to crawl out.<\/p>\n<p>She had been left without help for more than 12 hours before being spotted on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>As per local media reports, witnesses immediately alerted police and her daughter, who lives in a neighbouring village.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was rushed to hospital in Punasa with severe injuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*** Ensure our latest news headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <\/strong><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to activate<\/strong><\/a><strong> or add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings. ***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A female officer has been assigned to take her statement, though police said she is not yet in a condition to testify.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators confirmed the elderly woman lives alone at a farmhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter told officers that thieves had recently attempted to break into the property.<\/p>\n<p>Police suspect the attackers may have been drug users.<\/p>\n<p>A case has been registered and a search is underway for the four masked men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 90-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was allegedly raped by four men and thrown into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[188,235068,132533,730,76059,12,49684,26],"class_list":["post-815459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-crime","tag-elderly-woman-assault","tag-gang-rape","tag-india","tag-madhya-pradesh","tag-news","tag-police-investigation","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116201946299146113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}