College girl dies after being gang-raped, set on fire in UP

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UP, July 12, 2013: In a shocker from Uttar Pradesh, a college student has died after allegedly being gang-raped and set on fire in Etawah district, from where Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha.

Reports said the girl was gang-raped by men known to her. She was admitted to a hospital in Saifai with serious burn injuries and lost the battle for life this morning.

As per the police, the incident happened on Tuesday evening when a young man known to the girl invited her to his home. Four other men were waiting at the house when the victim arrived.

The accused allegedly set her on fire using kerosene when the girl resisted and threatened to report the matter to the police.

The police say the girl has named the man in her statement and a case has been registered against him and his relatives, though no arrests have been made yet.
 
The girl’s siblings say that she was in love with the man who allegedly raped her. "He called her; she went because she trusted him... She came back running and was on fire," the girl’s sister said.
 
In Pratapgarh, another teen is in hospital with a temporary speech impairment after she was attacked with a blunt object on her face and in her mouth.
 
Her parents allege that the 16-year-old, a rape survivor, was attacked by the brother of the man accused of raping her earlier this year. They allege that he was attempting to cut off the girl’s tongue to stop her from deposing before a magistrate later this month.