(Raaisha Upadhyay, Intern Journalist)
A 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly set afire by a man accused of raping her and his accomplice, succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital in Haryana.
According to the girl’s family, the duo set her ablaze in the wee hours of Thursday while she was sleeping at her home.
Family members of the minor had lodged a police complaint in which they alleged that the 22-year-old man living in the neighborhood raped her and made a video to blackmail the 15-year-old girl, a police official said.
The father of the main accused had committed suicide after the girl’s family had lodged a police complaint.
The main accused was arrested on Thursday evening and remanded to police custody, the police official said.
He has been booked for rape and murder, the SHO said, adding that further investigations were underway.
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