18-year-old Dalit girl burnt to death in Unnao
An 18-year-old Dalit girl was set ablaze yesterday by unidentified men in UP's Unnao. She had gone out to buy vegetables. Later, her family found her body just outside their village. Police suspect she tried to run towards her village, but collapsed after about 100m. A container of petrol and matchbox were found near her body. Postmortem has ruled out sexual assault, reports NDTV.
What happened?
According to the girl's family, she had left home for the market at around 7pm on her bicycle. Shortly after, witnesses reported seeing her in flames in the Bara Sagwar area. They rushed to help, but it was too late. Her bicycle and vegetables were also found at the spot. Locals said she didn't have enmity with anyone in the village.
Police suspect involvement of multiple people, many interrogated
Police suspect more than one person is involved and are probing the circumstances that led to the attack. Several people have already been interrogated, reports say. According to NCRB, UP accounted for 9.5% of the total crimes reported across the country in 2016. In terms of crimes against women, it registered 49,262 out of 3,38,954 cases, or 14.5%, in the same year.
