Rape victim commits suicide
Burdwan (WB), Dec 1 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl student,
who was allegedly raped, committed suicide by hanging herself
in her house in West Bengal's Burdwan district.
The girl was allegedly raped by a youth on September 30
last at Ahalidipur and committed suicide on Saturday. She left
a note stating that she and her family members were being
pressurised by the accused to withdraw the FIR which was
subsequently lodged.
Police later recovered the body and sent it for
postmortem.
Following the alleged rape which was committed at her
house when the other members were not present, the police
arrested the youth but he was subsequently released on bail.
Since then the youth and his family members started
harassing the girl and pressurising her family members to
withdraw the FIR, police said.
Burdwan District Superintendent of Police, S M H Mirza
said search operations have been launched to nab the culprits
responsible for the incident.
Based on the note, the police arrested the mother of the
youth and three other family members. They were produced at
the court yesterday where the acting CJM Anusha Lama remanded
the mother and another family member to two days of police
custody while the two others were sent to judicial custody
till December 11.PTI CORR MM SB
Burdwan (WB), Dec 1 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl student,
who was allegedly raped, committed suicide by hanging herself
in her house in West Bengal's Burdwan district.
The girl was allegedly raped by a youth on September 30
last at Ahalidipur and committed suicide on Saturday. She left
a note stating that she and her family members were being
pressurised by the accused to withdraw the FIR which was
subsequently lodged.
Police later recovered the body and sent it for
postmortem.
Following the alleged rape which was committed at her
house when the other members were not present, the police
arrested the youth but he was subsequently released on bail.
Since then the youth and his family members started
harassing the girl and pressurising her family members to
withdraw the FIR, police said.
Burdwan District Superintendent of Police, S M H Mirza
said search operations have been launched to nab the culprits
responsible for the incident.
Based on the note, the police arrested the mother of the
youth and three other family members. They were produced at
the court yesterday where the acting CJM Anusha Lama remanded
the mother and another family member to two days of police
custody while the two others were sent to judicial custody
till December 11.PTI CORR MM SB
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