A woman was allegedly gang-raped and then beaten to death with bricks by her attackers after threatening to tell police.
Police in India have arrested two men on suspicion of rape and murder after the 23-year-old labourer was taken from her home in Sonipat, in the northern state of Haryana.
Superintendent Ashwin Shenvi said the victim was taken by car to the nearby city of Rohtak, where she was raped.
He added: "When she said to them she would complain, they hammered her skull in with bricks. The way that they brutalised her is horrific."
Her body was found in an open field on Thursday, police added.
Six other men are under investigation after the woman's mother accused them of involvement.
Sexual violence against women is a highly-charged issue in India, where the horrific gang-rape and killing of a student on a bus in New Delhi in 2012 sparked nationwide protests about entrenched violence against women and the failure of authorities to protect them.
India has enacted tougher jail sentences for rapists and promised to try those accused through "fast-track" courts but rape, acid attacks and domestic violence remain common.
