College Student Found by Highway Says She Was Set on Fire After Attempted Gang-Rape
The woman studies at a college run by a trust of former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand, who was accused of sexual assault by a female student at a law college run by the same trust in 2019.
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Women25/Feb/2021
Lucknow: A college student who was found lying without clothes and severely burnt along a national highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district has claimed she was set on fire after a failed attempt to gang-rape her, police said on Wednesday.
Police sources said a few suspects have been taken into custody for questioning and they were “very close” to cracking the case.
Set on fire after failed gang rape attempt, says UP college student
By Mansoor| Published: 24th February 2021 11:15 pm IST Representational Image
Shahjahanpur: A college student who was found lying without clothes and severely burnt along a national highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district has claimed she was set on fire after a failed attempt to gang-rape her, police said on Wednesday.
Police sources said a few suspects have been taken into custody for questioning and they were “very close” to cracking the case.
According to Superintendent of Police S Anand, the girl told investigators that three people tried to rape her in a field near Rai Kheda village on Monday and when they did not succeed, they poured kerosene and set her on fire.
According to Superintendent of Police S Anand, the girl told investigators that three people tried to rape her in a field near Rai Kheda village on Monday and when they did not succeed, they poured kerosene and set her on fire.