UP: Kanpur girl commits suicide days after being abducted, gangraped

In another shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh, a girl in Kanpur Dehat district on Saturday committed suicide at her relative's place days after she was allegedly abducted and gangraped by three men. The girl was kidnapped on November 16 following which her father filed a complained claiming that she has been kidnapped by three men. She was reunited with her family three days after the alleged abduction.

'Her father had complained that she was taken away by 3 men'

"She told me that she was forcibly taken by three men who kept her in a room, tied her hands and legs for three days during which she was gangraped," a relative of the victim said. District administration, said that one of the accused named Sunny dropped her home three days later. "Her father had complained that she was taken away by 3 men. One of them, Sunny dropped her home the days after. It was found that Sunny and the girl knew each other and belonged to different castes," the District Magistrate (DM) Rakesh Kumar Singh said during a press conference.

'Based on the facts, further action will be taken'

Police had initially registered a case of abduction and kidnapping in the case. "We had received a complaint from his father on November 16 and registered an FIR, based on his statement, under section 363 (Punishment for kidnapping), 366 (Kidnapping, abducting or inducing a woman to compel her marriage, etc)", SP Kanpur Dehat, Anurag Vats said. Upon her return, she was sent for a medical exam and her statement was recorded by the police.

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"She was sent for a medical exam and her statement was recorded after she came back. Based on the statement, sections were added to the FIR," Vats added. Following the investigation of the case, Sunny and his uncle were arrested. SP Vats said that the police is investigating her suicide from all the angles. "Based on the facts, further action will be taken." The suicide was reported on the day a young woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao succumbed to her burns after five men, including her two alleged rapists, assaulted and set her on fire. One of the two had been released on bail less than a week ago. The woman was assaulted and burnt days after a veterinarian was allegedly gang-raped and murdered near Hyderabad.

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(With ANI inputs)