MEERUT, Jan. 9 -- A day after a 50-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly murdered and her 20-year-old daughter abducted in Kapsad village under Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district's Sardhana police station, tension prevailed in the area on Friday while leaders of various political parties visited the village, demanding justice for the aggrieved family and strict punishment for two local men involved in the crime even as both the accused and the abducted woman remained untraceable.

The leaders demanded immediate arrest of the accused, safe recovery of the abducted woman within 48 hours, demolition of the accused's house, Rs.50 lakh compensation and a government job for one member of the victim's family. The situation remained tense even after se...