Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Woman dies after man shoves beer bottle into vagina for denying sex

- Vishal Sharma n letters@hindustant­imes.com

LATEHAR: A 28-year-old woman succumbed to injuries on Saturday, three days after a man allegedly inserted a beer bottle inside her private parts for refusing to have sex with him in Jharkhand’s Latehar district.

The incident took place at Banpur locality of the district headquarte­rs on Tuesday night.

Three days later, she died during treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi early Saturday.

The victim’s family staged a demonstrat­ion in front of the accused home along with her body, demanding death penalty for him. Latehar police have arrested the accused Sudershan Thakur after the woman registered a statement was with the police during treatment.

The victim, a widow, lived alone with her four-year old daughter, close to the culprit’s home. Her husband Upendra Ram had committed suicide a year ago. Victim’s brother-inlaw Surendra Ram said Sudershan Thakur beat her up after she refused him sex on Tuesday night. “He then forced a beer bottle into her private parts by hitting it with legs causing grievous injuries,” he said.

“We rushed her to Latehar hospital from where she was immediatel­y referred to Ranchi...Doctors there informed us that her uterus was blown apart,” Ram said, demanding exemplary punishment for the culprit. “He should be hanged.”

Latehar police station officer in charge Ramesh Prasad Singh said, “We have sent the culprit to jail. The victim suffered internal injuries in her stomach after being hit by leg.”

The accused denied any wrongdoing. He said he had a heated argument with a woman.

Yogendra Thakur, the father of the accused, who is a barber by profession, said, “We have compensate­d the family by giving them the amount they asked for despite knowing it well that my son has been framed in the case.”

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