Rape victim hangs self out of ‘shame’

A 22-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house in Nagpur, after she was raped by an accomplice of her friend last week, police said on Monday. In a suicide note purportedly written by her, the woman stated she was ending her life out of shame as the incident has become public. Police arrested four persons, including the main accused Mayur Kularkar (21) and two others, on Saturday, a day after the alleged rape. A boy has been detained. The woman, a resident of Marodi village in Mauda taluka, hanged herself Sunday evening, a police officer said. Other accused are identified as Rahul Kambli (25), Shyam Katore (19) and the minor. They also are residents of Marodi village. “Katore, a friend of the deceased, had called her to meet him at Marodi bus stop at 8.30pm on Friday (February 15). Katore arrived at the isolated spot with three of his friends. He then made the woman drink alcohol,” assistant police inspector (API) Chandrashekar Maske said while narrating the sequence of events.