Tribal girl dies after being raped and burnt

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Press Trust of India Neemuch (MP)
Last Updated : May 22 2013 | 5:41 PM IST
A teenaged tribal girl, who was allegedly raped and burnt by a person at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, succumbed to her injuries during treatment at Udaipur in Rajasthan, police said today.
The 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by one Bhanu Pratap Singh at Sakariya village in Y D Nagar area of Mandsaur on May 11. The accused then set her on fire after pouring kerosene on her.
The victim had sustained 90 per cent burns and was first admitted to the district hospital in Mandsaur from where she was shifted to Udaipur where she succumbed on the intervening night of May 21-22, police said.
The accused was arrested on May 12 and a case under relevant sections of IPC has been registered against him, they added.
On May 20, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by her cousin at a town in Mandsaur, police said today.
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First Published: May 22 2013 | 5:41 PM IST

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