UP teen commits suicide after rape

Fatehpur, May 5 (IANS) A teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehput allegedly consumed poison and died, a day after she was raped by a youth in her village, the police said on Thursday.The incident took place in the Chandpur police circle of the district.Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Singh said the 15-year-old Dalit girl had gone to a forested area to relieve herself near the village on Tuesday evening when she was allegedly raped.When the girl did not return home till late in the night, her parents launched a search and found her in the forest in a state of disarray, the SP said.Her family members took her to a private doctor and brought her back home after treatment.The girl, however, consumed some poisonous substance on Wednesday and died during treatment, the SP said.He said after registering a case on the complaint of the girl's parents, the accused youth has been taken into custody for questioning. The girl's body has been sent for post-mortem examination.
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