A court in Uttarakhand convicted nine people for a gruesome case of rape and subsequent abortion of a woman suffering from hearing and speech impairment at a women's shelter home in Dehradun four years ago.

The woman, who was an inmate in the 'Nari Niketan', was reportedly forced to undergo abortion after rape and her foetus was buried within the premises of the shelter home in a bid to cover up the matter, public prosecutor Sanjiv Sisodia said.