India, Feb. 2 -- Rahul Gandhi of the Congress on Sunday hit out at the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over the brutal murder of a 22-year-old Dalit woman in Ayodhya.

The woman's unclothed body was found in a canal on Saturday morning by her family. They claimed that her eyes were violently removed and her body had broken bones. Authorities suspect she was gangraped.

According to the family, the woman had attended a religious event nearby on the evening of January 30 but never returned. After a frantic search, they filed a missing person report at Ayodhya police station on Friday. They allege that the police did not actively search for her.

"The inhumane and brutal murder of a Dalit daughter in Ayodhya is heartbreaking and...