Maharashtra: 16-year-old gang-rape victim dies of illness in Nagpur

A 16yearold girl who was reportedly gangraped in November 2021 has died after prolonged illness a police official said on Monday reported the PTIShe was gangraped at knifepoint after which eight persons including her alleged boyfriend were arrested the MIDC police station official said as per the PTIA chargesheet was filed within 60 days and the case was being heard in a fasttrack court he saidSources said the girl who lost her father and is estranged from her mother was in a correctional home where she developed some ailment two months agoShe returned home and died on December 5 the official addedShe was also distressed after being allegedly threatened on the court premises in January this year sources saidMeanwhile in an another incident in November ahistorysheeter has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 14yearold girl singed her with cigarette butts and tonsured her head in Akola city of Maharashtra police said on Monday reported the PTIThe suspect identified as Ganesh Kumre 29 had been reportedly harassing the girl for the past two years an officer said as per the PTIThe suspect is a local goon in Khadan area of Akola He sexually assaulted the girl on November 15 and 16 tortured her with cigarette butts and also cut her hair the officer said quoting the First Information Report according to the PTITaking serious note of the ghastly crime Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who handles the Home portfolio has assured strict action the news agency reported on MondaySpeaking to reporters in Nagpur on Monday he said that the guilty will not be spared and that orders have been given to launch an inquiry into the incidentAccording to the Akola Police the victims father works as a labourerThe accused has a criminal background He has been harassing the girl for the last two years the official said reported the PTINotably the incident of sexual assault came to light after November 16 when local people approached the police against KumreA case was registered under sections 363 Punishment for kidnapping 376 Punishment for rape 354 Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty and on charges of causing hurt with dangerous weapons among others of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act a police official saidKumre was arrested on November 18 He was remanded in police custody till November 21 he saidPTI