Nagpur MLA hostel rape survivor tries to commit suicide

A 17-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped at an MLA hostel in Nagpur earlier this month, tried to commit suicide on Friday evening amid mounting pressure on her to withdraw complaint against the accused.

Timely intervention by family members, however, prevented her from taking her life by hanging herself from a ceiling fan, police said on Saturday.

Maharashtra State Women’s Commission member Neeta Thakre after meeting the girl said she was being pressurised to withdraw complaint against the two accused — her employer and a youth. She did not specify who was exerting pressure .

According to an FIR filed over the rape, the girl was gang-raped by the two in the high-security MLA hostel between April 14 and 17. Accused Manoj Bhagat (44) and Rajat Bhadre (19) were arrested by the police under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act A kid

A 25-year-old man died after being brutally assaulted by a mob for allegedly raping a fiveyear-old girl and then burying her neck-deep in sand, police said on Saturday.

In what appears to be the first major incident of ‘mob justice’ in Jharkhand this year, the accused was dragged out of his house early on Friday and assaulted with sticks, belts, slippers and stones until he lost consciousness He died on the

The incident took place at Sukhsari village in Chandil block, around 100 km from Ranchi. According to villagers, Jawahar Lohar abducted the girl and raped her repeatedly in his hut. He then partially buried her in sand to prevent her escape.

“The villagers say they found the girl at Jawahar Lohar’s house around 3 am. He was critically injured in the mob assault that followed,” said Adikant, officer in charge of the Chandil