Police have arrested two persons while the third one is on the run in connection to a gang rape and suicide of a school girl in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.
After being gang raped couple of days ago the class VIII minor girl had attempted self-immolation by dousing self with kerosene and sustained 95% burn injuries. The girl was referred to Nagpur in Maharashtra where she breathed her last on Wednesday. The autopsy was performed on the body in Nagpur.
Three men have been charged with gang raping the minor girl after keeping her in unlawful confinement.
Two of them—Sandip Hasane and Neelesh Nagle, have been arrested by police while the third accused Ajay is still at large. Natives of village Kaldongri in Betul, all the three are daily wage labourers by profession.
The deceased girl was staying at her maternal uncle’s home for some days and soon after returning home on Tuesday, she set herself ablaze.
A suicide note found with the girl has the name of accused Sandip Hasane. In her dying statement, the girl had told the police that Sandip and two of his friends had raped her in a Betul office a month ago and also were threatening her so that she desists from filing any complaint with police.
The trio had befriended the girl while working in a catering group.
The girl (14) was deeply anguished by the sexual assault incident and set herself on fire when no one was at home on Tuesday.
Two of the accused have been arrested and third one is being searched by us, said the Betul police.