Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 18 (TIWN): The priest of a temple, where a 50-year-old woman was allegedly raped and murdered on January 3, has been charge sheeted as the main accused.

The middle-aged woman, a resident of Kywali village, died under mysterious circumstances on January 3 when she went to pray at a temple in the neighbouring Mevli village. Temple priest Satyanarayan and his aides, Jaspal and Vedram, were arrested under sections 302 and 376D of the IPC after the case created a massive outrage in the region.  Budaun Senior Superintendent of Police Sankalp Sharma said Satyanarayan had been charged with murder and rape, under sections 302 and 376 of the IPC, while Vedram and Jaspal have been accused of hiding evidence under section 201 of the IPC.