Kawardha (Chhattisgarh):A rape victim attempted suicide by trying to set herself on fire in front of the police station after cops failed to book her culprits. Police have arrested the main accused but six others who allegedly assaulted the girl are yet to be booked.
The incident took place in front of the superintendent's office in Pandatarai police station area in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham on Monday. As soon as the girl poured kerosene on herself and took out a matchbox, the media persons around her stopped her. They snatched the matchbox from her hand and saved her life. None of the senior police officers were present at the office at that time. The incident has raised a stir in the area.
The victim was in love with a youth from her village for three years. The youth did not allow her to marry someone else. When the girl pressurised him to marry her, he took her to Raipur on the pretext of tying the knot on July 2, 2023. There he allegedly raped her in a hotel.
On July 4, the accused called his family members to Raipur at midnight. They thrashed the girl and threatened her against being in contact with the youth. Then they took her in a car and after roaming throughout the night, pushed her from the moving vehicle in Mungeli. After which, they fled.