Girl found unconscious, dies on way to hospital
tnn | Feb 11, 2019, 05:00 ISTKanpur: A 15-year-old girl, found in an unconscious state under mysterious circumstances near an under-pass on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Kannauj district on Sunday, died while she was being taken to Kanpur for treatment.
Family suspected the girl was gangraped and then poisoned.
The girl, a resident of a village under the limits of Sadar Kotwali police station, was found lying in an unconscious state near an under-pass on Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Sunday afternoon, said the police. The family members, on being informed, reached the spot and took her to Tirwa medical college from where doctors referred her to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital in Kanpur. “She succumbed on way to kanpur,” said a police official.
Girl’s family had accused two village youths in their complaint. “They alleged that the duo had raped and then forced her to consume poison. “We have launched an investigation and awaiting postmortem report of the deceased,” said inspector Sadar Kotwali TP Verma.
Family suspected the girl was gangraped and then poisoned.
The girl, a resident of a village under the limits of Sadar Kotwali police station, was found lying in an unconscious state near an under-pass on Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Sunday afternoon, said the police. The family members, on being informed, reached the spot and took her to Tirwa medical college from where doctors referred her to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital in Kanpur. “She succumbed on way to kanpur,” said a police official.
Girl’s family had accused two village youths in their complaint. “They alleged that the duo had raped and then forced her to consume poison. “We have launched an investigation and awaiting postmortem report of the deceased,” said inspector Sadar Kotwali TP Verma.
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